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Library Research 101: Scholarly vs. Popular Sources

Scholarly vs. Popular

Is this a characteristic of a scholarly or popular source?

Lots of advertisements

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Long complicated name or has journal in the title

  
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Lots of color and pictures

  
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Authors are often not listed for articles

  
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Many charts and graphs

  
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Formatted in sections (Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Results, Conclusion and References)

  
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Simple language is used

  
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Authors' credentials (title, university, email) are listed

  
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