How to Identify a Scholarly Journal
Many assignments require that you use articles from Scholarly Journals.
Click here for an online tutorial on What Makes a Journal Scholarly. (At Rutgers)
Click here for a printable handout on Scholarly versus Popular. (pdf)
Scholarly Journals:
- Are written by and for professionals or scholars (historians, scientists, psychologists)
- Focus on a particular field of study
- Use technical language
- Have few color photographs or ads
- Have long articles with lists of references (bibliographies)
Here are some examples:
Tamura, Eileen H. Jewel of the Desert: Japanese American Internment at Topaz.
Journal of American Ethnic History v16, n2 (Wntr, 1997):103 (3 pages).
Gallagher, James J. Unthinkable Thoughts: Education of Gifted Students. Gifted Child Quarterly v44, n1 (Wntr, 2000):5 (8 pages).
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