Faculty often require students use articles from "scholarly journals" instead of "popular magazines." Some assignments require "professional journals." The table below explains how these types of publications differ. Additional assistance is available from library reference staff.
TIPS
Ask your professor for the titles of journals that she or he would like you to use. It will vary depending on the academic discipline.
For information about the periodical, use Magazines for Libraries or Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory IMAGE: This is a link to another web site (a subscription database available to Kent State patrons) look at the first few pages of an issue of the periodical itself, or look at the periodical's Web site.
Ask librarians to help identify which publications are scholarly or refereed.
Adapted by Carolyn Radcliff from Weber State University and Duke University .
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