To find scholarly journal articles for your research paper, you need to know some features that distinguish scholarly articles from magazine or newspaper articles.
Scholarly Journals | Popular Magazines & Newspapers | |
Experts in a field Researchers Scholars or Professors |
Who writes them? | Reporters or Journalists Staff writers Free-lance writers |
Researchers and Experts Scholars (including students) People with knowledge of the topic |
Who reads them? | General public People who do not have in-depth knowledge of the topic |
"Serious" looking - mostly text, some charts, graphs, or tables Fewer advertisements or illustrations Generally longer articles |
What do they look like? | Glossy, color photographs Commercial advertisements Easy-to-read or eye-catching layout |
Original research or studies In-depth analysis of a specific subject Critical analysis (criticism) |
What's in them? | Entertainment and popular culture Current events and news Opinion pieces or articles with an emotional slant |
A panel of experts in the field This is called "peer-review" - a group of the author's "peers" evaluates it |
Who evaluates them? | Staff editors and publishers |
Finding current research about a very specific aspect of your topic Learning what the experts say about your topic and using it to support your thesis |
What should I use them for? | Broad overviews of current topics Information about popular culture Introduction to an unfamiliar topic |
RVOneSearch allows you to do one search to find books, audiobooks, eBooks, films, scholarly journal articles, newspapers & magazine
RVOneSearch allows you to do one search to find books, audiobooks, eBooks, films, scholarly journal articles, newspapers & magazines.
Make sure to check off the "Peer Reviewed" box to select only articles from academic journals.