Why use a scholarly article?
A journal article is a report and analysis of research on a fairly narrow topic or subject, by researchers/scholars for others in their field. The articles you want are located in scholarly journals (also called peer-reviewed journals or academic journals). They are different from articles in news magazines and popular magazines. The Libraries’ Online Workshop lesson on the Knowledge Cycle will help you understand how a simple question or a single event becomes the focus of research and scholarly analysis. It will help you use scholarly journal articles as well as newspaper and magazine articles when you are learning about a topic. The Subject Guide for Literary Journalism will help you find magazine articles and the Newspaper Subject Guide will help you find newspaper articles. Most of the Libraries’ article databases will help you locate scholarly journal articles.
Related Questions
- If I would like to include information from a scholarly article for a presentation to community members at a public meeting, do I need to ask permission?
- You can use the librarys online article databases to search for scholarly articles on just about every subject. Want a good place to start?
- What is a Scholarly Article or Book?
