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Chemistry: Recognizing Scholarly & Popular Articles

Examples

Criteria	Scholarly Journal	Trade Magazine	Popular Magazine / News
Sample Cover
Sample Article	Positioning, Navigation, and Book Accessing/Returning in an Autonomous Library Robot using Integrated Binocular Vision and QR Code Identification Systems Log into the Portal to view	How to Bring AI into Your Library Log into the Portal to view	Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2018 Log into the Portal to view
Audience	Academics and professionals	People in the business	General public
Authors	Experts or specialists. Unpaid.	Staff writers, industry specialists, or vendor representatives. Paid.	Journalists, staff writers, or freelance writers. Paid.
Editorial Review	Journal editorial board and peer reviewers. Unpaid.	Professional Editors. Paid.	Professional Editors. Paid.
References / Works Cited	Almost always	Sometimes	Rarely

Modeled after NCSU Libraries "Scholarly & Popular Materials" tutorial.

How to Read a Journal Article Record

How to Read a Journal Article Record
A screenshot of an article result from an EBSCOhost database. The handout will help you figure out the parts of a journal article record, which you will need to put your works cited / references page together.

Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals

Anatomy of a Scholarly Article: Interactive Tutorial

NCSU Libraries Interactive Tutorial
This interactive tutorial shares the various components of scholarly journal article, such as the title, author, abstract, introduction, publication information, charts and graphs, conclusion, and references.

Pre-Reading Academic Articles