Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources Source type What is it? Examples Best used for A source written by scholars or academics in a Scholarly Journals Journal articles: Scholarly field. The purpose of many scholarly sources is Journal of Management Information Recent research on a topic to report on original research or Systems Very specific topics or narrow experimentation in order to make such American Journal of Public Health fields of research information available to the rest of the Early Childhood Research Quarterly NOT good for an introduction to or scholarly community. The audience for overview of a topic scholarly sources is other scholars or experts in Scholarly Books (published by a university a field. Scholarly sources include references press or other high-quality publisher) Books: and usually use language that is technical or at Politics: Islamic Law and Society In-depth information and research a high reading level. in the Modern World on a topic The Grand Design: Strategy and the Putting a topic into context *Note: Different databases may define U.S. Civil War Historical information on a topic in slightly different ways, and thus “scholarly” The Hidden Mechanics of Exercise: a source that is considered in one “scholarly” Molecules That Move Us database may not be considered in “scholarly” another database. The final decision about the appropriateness of a given source for a particular assignment is left to the instructor. A publication that has gone through an official See Journals” above See above “Scholarly Peer Reviewed editorial process that involves review and approval by the author’s peers (experts in the Books go through a different editorial process same subject area). Many (but not all) and are not usually considered to be “peer scholarly publications are peer reviewed. reviewed”. However, they can still be excellent scholarly sources. *Note: even though a journal is peer reviewed, some types of articles within that journal may not be peer reviewed. These might include editorials or book reviews. **Note: some publications (such as some trade journals) can be peer reviewed but not scholarly. This is not common.
Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources Source type What is it? Examples Best used for Scholarly A source written by scholars or academics in a field. The purpose of many scholarly sources is to report on original research or experimentation in order to make such information available to the rest of the scholarly community. The audience for scholarly sources is other scholars or experts in a field. Scholarly sources include references and usually use language that is technical or at a high reading level. *Note: Different databases may define “scholarly” in slightly different ways, and thus a source that is considered “scholarly” in one database may not be considered “scholarly” in another database. The final decision about the appropriateness of a given source for a particular assignment is left to the instructor. Scholarly Journals Journal of Management Information Systems American Journal of Public Health Early Childhood Research Quarterly Scholarly Books (published by a university press or other high-quality publisher) Politics: Islamic Law and Society in the Modern World The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War The Hidden Mechanics of Exercise: Molecules That Move Us Journal articles: Recent research on a topic Very specific topics or narrow fields of research NOT good for an introduction to or overview of a topic Books: In-depth information and research on a topic Putting a topic into context Historical information on a topic Peer Reviewed A publication that has gone through an official editorial process that involves review and approval by the author’s peers (experts in the same subject area). Many (but not all) scholarly publications are peer reviewed. *Note: even though a journal is peer reviewed, some types of articles within that journal may not be peer reviewed. These might include editorials or book reviews. **Note: some publications (such as some trade journals) can be peer reviewed but not scholarly. This is not common. See “Scholarly Journals” above Books go through a different editorial process and are not usually considered to be “peer reviewed”. However, they can still be excellent scholarly sources. See above
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