LibGuides: PHIL 10_HUM 02: Barnes: Scholarly vs Popular Articles

What is a Scholarly Journal?

Criteria	Scholarly Journal	Trade Magazine	Popular Magazine
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.

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.