Scholarly ? Popular articles?
HOW TO FIND POPULAR AND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES . . . AND TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THEM!
The CCBC Essex Library subscribes to various electronic databases which
contain magazine and journal articles. They are accessible on
this page: Find
articles on your topics.
You may chose to limit your search to scholarly articles only. In Research
Library (ProQuest), select Scholarly journals, including
peer-reviewed on the search screen. In Academic
Search Premier select Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.
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Popular or Magazine Articles
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Scholarly or Journal Articles
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Intended for a general audience
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Intended for a professional audience
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Written by journalists or people with general knowledge of the
subject
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Written by experts or people with specialized knowledge in the
field
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Not reviewed by experts before publication
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Reviewed by experts before publication
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Do not include footnotes
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Include footnotes
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Some databases contain full text articles, if the database includes only
the citation (title, author, and source) or abstract (summary), you will
need to find the article elsewhere. To check at the Essex Library, go to Locate
print & E-journals on the library home
page.
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