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Article Databases
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Features thousands of full-text journals covering a broad range of academic subjects.
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Provides full-text articles from many academic journals in a variety of fields, including business, humanities, the social sciences, science, technology and medicine.
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Scholarly or Popular?
Use the following criteria to decide if a publication is popular or scholarly.
Scholarly Articles |
Popular Articles |
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Author | Expert in the field, credentials and affilated university listed | Journalist, freelance writer or staff writers |
Length of article | Longer more detailed content | Shorter articles giving a brief overview |
Intended audience | Researchers, experts in the field | General Public |
Layout | Includes an abstract, footnotes, list of citations. | Does not follow a standard format, often a simple title |
Images | Charts, graphs, tables of data | Colorful, eye catching photos |
Vocabulary | Specialized terminology, need extensive knowlege of discipline to understand text | Written at the level to be understood by the general public |
Scholarly vs. Popular
This video explains the differences between scholarly and popular publications.