Click on the TABS below for tips on how to recognize these publications. Introduction Journals, magazines, and newspapers are important sources for up-to-date information in all disciplines. In this guide we have divided the criteria for evaluating periodical literature into four categories: Scholarly News and General Interest Popular Sensational and Tabloid. Definitions Scholarly or peer-reviewed journal articles are written by scholars or professionals who are experts in their fields.
Permissions Information If you wish to use or adapt any or all of the content of this Guide, please review our Research Guides Use Conditions including our terms of use and Creative Commons license. Charts, graphs, and diagrams Scholarly articles communicate research results.
They will often include charts, graphs, or diagrams. Scholarly, academic, and peer-reviewed journals Articles are written by and for faculty, researchers or scholars chemists, historians, doctors, artists, etc.
Here are just a few examples: Canadian Journal of History The Linguistic Review Journal of Abnormal Psychology Journal of Biomechanics Popular magazines and articles Articles are usually written by journalists or professional writers for a general audience Use language easily understood by general readers Rarely give full citations for sources Are written for the general public non-experts May present or adapt information originally published in scholarly journals Do not always include information about the authors Articles tend to be shorter than those in academic journals Appearance Popular magazines usually have glossy, coloured covers, designed to attract attention on the newsstand.
Examples The SFU Library subscribes to many popular magazines, for example: Maclean's National Geographic Psychology Today Sports Illustrated Scientific American Trade journals or publications Are written by and for people who work in specific industries such as advertising, education, health care, media, mining, technology, tourism, etc. Examples Canadian Banker Food in Canada Sight and Sound Choosing academic or popular sources Magazine and journal articles may all be appropriate sources for your work, depending on the subject discipline and the specific assignment.
If in doubt about which sources to use, check with your instructor. When selecting articles, think about how you intend to use the information. Check in and around the masthead to locate the method for submitting articles to the publication.
This may not always be the case, so relying upon this criterion alone may prove inaccurate. If you do not see this type of statement in the first issue of the journal that you look at, examine the remaining journals to see if this information is included. Sometimes publications will include this information in only a single issue a year.
Is it scholarly, using technical terminology? Does the article format approximate the following - abstract, literature review, methodology, results, conclusion, and references?
Are the articles written by scholarly researchers in the field that the periodical pertains to? Is advertising non-existent, or kept to a minimum? Are there references listed in footnotes or bibliographies?
If you answered yes to all these questions , the journal may very well be peer-reviewed.
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