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Scholarly​ ​vs​ ​Popular  Your​ ​professor​ ​has​ ​told​ ​you​ ​your​ ​research​ ​paper​ ​has​ ​to​ ​have​ ​a​ ​number​ ​of​ ​scholarly  references,​ ​but​ ​you​ ​may​ ​not​ ​know​ ​exactly​ ​what​ ​that​ ​means​ ​nor​ ​do​ ​you​ ​know​ ​how​ ​to  determine​ ​what​ ​is​ ​scholarly.​ ​The​ ​chart​ ​below​ ​lists​ ​some​ ​of​ ​the​ ​differences​ ​between​ ​the  two.​ ​Remember,​ ​some​ ​publications​ ​might​ ​not​ ​meet​ ​all​ ​of​ ​the​ ​criteria.​ ​If​ ​you​ ​are​ ​still  unsure,​ ​ask​ ​the​ ​librarian​ ​at​ ​the​ ​reference​ ​desk​ ​or​ ​visit​ ​Ask​ ​A​ ​Librarian​.  Scholarly​ ​publications​ ​may​ ​also​ ​be​ ​called​ ​peer​ ​reviewed​ ​or​ ​refereed.​ ​It​ ​means​ ​the  article​ ​must​ ​be​ ​reviewed​ ​by​ ​other​ ​members​ ​in​ ​the​ ​field​ ​before​ ​it​ ​can​ ​be​ ​published.  Scholarly​ ​articles​ ​may​ ​go​ ​through​ ​additional​ ​revisions​ ​and​ ​reviews​ ​before​ ​finally​ ​being  published.   

 

  

Scholarly​ ​Periodicals​ ​(Journals) 

Popular​ ​Periodicals​ ​(Magazines) 

Length 

Lengthy​ ​articles​ ​(5+​ ​pages) 

Short​ ​(1-5​ ​pages) 

Audience 

Professors,​ ​researchers,  non-academic​ ​professionals​ ​in  the​ ​discipline,​ ​students 

General,​ ​non-academic,  non-professional 

Purpose 

Inform,​ ​report,​ ​or​ ​make​ ​original  research​ ​available​ ​to​ ​the  scholarly​ ​community 

Provide​ ​general​ ​information,  entertain​ ​or​ ​persuade 

Authors 

Scholars​ ​or​ ​researchers​ ​in​ ​the  discipline 

Journalists,​ ​staff​ ​writers;​ ​not  necessarily​ ​an​ ​expert 

Style​ ​and  language 

Formal;​ ​uses​ ​the​ ​language​ ​of  the​ ​discipline;​ ​assumes  knowledge​ ​of​ ​that​ ​language 

Informal;​ ​uses​ ​language​ ​for​ ​a  general​ ​audience 

Bibliography 

Cited​ ​material​ ​in  footnotes/endnotes​ ​with​ ​an  accompanying​ ​bibliography;  able​ ​to​ ​consult​ ​material​ ​used​ ​in  the​ ​article 

None;​ ​may​ ​occasionally​ ​have​ ​a  footnote​ ​but​ ​not​ ​a​ ​full  bibliographic​ ​citation 

Advertising 

Minimal;​ ​usually​ ​relates​ ​to​ ​the  discipline 

Extensive​ ​advertising​ ​not  associated​ ​with​ ​the​ ​content 

Illustrations/  Graphics 

Minimal​ ​use​ ​of​ ​images​ ​unless  Many​ ​images​ ​and​ ​photographs  needed​ ​to​ ​support​ ​the​ ​research  used 

Publisher 

Professional​ ​organization,  university​ ​or​ ​other​ ​scholarly  publisher 

For​ ​profit​ ​commercial​ ​publisher 

 

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Scholarly​ ​Periodicals​ ​(Journals) 

Popular​ ​Periodicals​ ​(Magazines) 

Subject  coverage 

Generally​ ​confined​ ​to​ ​a​ ​single  field​ ​of​ ​study​ ​(Shakespeare  studies,​ ​epidemiology,​ ​Middle  Eastern​ ​studies) 

Variety​ ​of​ ​topics​ ​in​ ​any​ ​issue;  single​ ​subject​ ​area​ ​for​ ​informing  or​ ​entertaining​ ​a​ ​general  audience​ ​(e.g.​ ​Sports  Illustrated,​ ​Home​ ​&​ ​Garden) 

Availability 

Purchased​ ​by​ ​libraries​ ​and  professionals​ ​in​ ​the​ ​discipline;  usually​ ​not​ ​available​ ​for  purchase​ ​at​ ​news​ ​stands 

Purchased​ ​at​ ​newsstands​ ​or  retail​ ​shops 

Examples 

Journal​ ​of​ ​the​ ​American​ ​Medical  Time,​ ​The​ ​New​ ​Yorker,​ ​Esquire,  Association​ ​(JAMA),​ ​Pacific​ ​Rim  PC​ ​World,​ ​Psychology​ ​Today  Law​ ​and​ ​Policy​ ​Journal,  Shakespeare​ ​Quarterly 

Last​ ​updated​ ​5/20/2016 

Scholarly vs Popular

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