Scholarly Journals



| |Scholarly Journals |Trade Journals |Popular Magazines |

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|Examples |Rethinking History |Teaching History |Time |

| |Journal of the Early Republic |The History Teacher |National Geographic |

| |Journal of European Studies | |Smithsonian |

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|Value & Uses |Reports of original research, theoretical, experimental or |Current trends, news & events in a particular field. |Current events and news |

| |applied. |Product, company and biographical information. |Brief, factual information |

| |In-depth analysis of topics |Statistics including forecasts. |Short articles |

| |Lengthy articles | |Interviews |

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|Language |College-level writing |Written for practitioners so uses jargon of the field|Non-technical, often simple language |

| |Specialized language of the discipline | | |

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|Authors |Researchers, academics, scholars |Practitioners or journalists with subject expertise |Journalists |

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|Sources |Footnotes and bibliographies |Sources often cited, but full documentation is not |Original sources can be obscure |

| |Documentation often extensive |always provided | |

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|Publishers |Professional organizations, universities, research |Commercial/trade publishers |Commercial publishers |

| |institutes, and scholarly presses | | |

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|Graphics |Graphs, charts, and tables |Charts, tables, illustrations |Many photos and color ads |

| |Ads are rare |Ads related to the profession/industry |Illustrated for marketing appeal |

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