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Scholarly
Popular
Trade
Periodical Literature
•Easy to understand language•No specific format•Professional Journalists•Commercial Publishers•General Audience•Color Photos•Glossy Paper•Brief non-technical articles•No Citatiations•Credentials or authors often not identified
•Commercial Advertisements
POPULAR MAGAZINES
TRADE JOURNALS
• Specific group with an interest in a particular trade/industry.
• Provide general news, information, and statistics about a specific industry.
• Industry specific advertising.
• Professional technical, business, and staff writers.
• Writers not always identified.
• Rarely cites-bibliographies.
• Professional publishers.
• Glossy paper, color photos.
Main Purpose is to:
Support industry, public relations,and professionals.
schol·ar·ship (skŏl'ər-shĭp') n. Knowledge resulting from study and research in a particular field.
Main Purpose Investigate, experiment, inform, persuade, and share
Scholarly Journals
• Illustrations that support the text
• Statistics
• Graphs, tables, and charts
• Maps
• Archival Photographs
AUTHORS
• Always acknowledged in the article (credentials and affiliation)
• Recognized experts with significant knowledge in a subject area
• Possess the credentials to speak to a subject authoritatively
Peer review (also known as refereeing or jurying) is a process of subjecting an author's work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. It is used primarily by editors to select and to screen submitted manuscripts.
PLoS Biology Editorial Board
Anurag Agrawal Cornell University
Julie Ahringer University of Cambridge
Shizuo Akira Osaka UniversityJapan Richard W. Aldrich University of Texas AustinAmerica Goran ArnqvistUniversity of UppsalaJames Ashe University of MinnesotaAnthony D. BarnoskyUniversity of California
Nick H. Barton University of Edinburgh
Konrad Basler University of Zurich
EDITORIAL POLICY
SCHOLARS CITE THEIR SOURCES
• 1. Ludwell H. Johnson, Division and Reunion : America 1848-1877 (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1978), 195-6.
• 2. Arthur Schlesinger, The Imperial Presidency(Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973), 72-75.
• 3. Hans L. Trefousse, Andrew Johnson: A Biography(New York: W.W. Nortonand Company, 1969), 311.
• 4. Page Smith, Trial by Fire: A People's History of the Civil War and Reconstruction (New York: Penguin Books, 1982), 699-689.
• 5. John W. Burgess, Reconstruction and the Constitution: 1866-1876 (New York: DeCapo Press, 1970), 9-10.
• 6. Kenneth M. Stampp, The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 (New York: Vintage Books, 1965), 24-30.
• 7. Smith, p. 789.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Articles longer and provide in-depth analysis
• Standardized Rules
• Jargon w/in Field
• Technical Language
FORMAL WRITING
Formal Structure
• Abstract• Literature Review• Methodology• Body w/headings• Results• Conclusions• Notes• Bibliography
CHARACTERISTICS: AUTHOR and AFFILIATION, ABSTRACT, TABLES, JARGON, FORMAL WRITING STYLE
CHARACTERISTICS: SECTION HEADINGS, STATISTICS, FOOTNOTES
Characteristics: Conclusion, Notes, References, Bibliography, Author Information
Katharine Sharp Review #8 - Summer 1999
Current Issue:
• Judith Currano "Making a Sound" in Chemical Information:The Importance of a Structure Editor in Information Retrieval
• David Michalski The Predicament of Anthropology:Providing Reference Support in a Fragmented Discipline
• Rebecca Platzner Dealing With Death:A Close Look at Margaret Wise Brown and Remy Charlip'sPicture Book Classic, The Dead Bird
• Vincent P. Tinerella The Crisis in Scholarly Publishing and the Role of the Academic Library
Katharine Sharp Review Editorial Board - Issue No. 8
Kevin Ward, University of Illinois - Founding Editor Luis Acosta, Catholic University of AmericaRobert Benson, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleRobert Bolander, Kent State UniversityDaniel Cook, University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeSheila Devaney, North Carolina Central UniversityDeborah Dossinger, University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeMaureen Downey, University College, DublinMelisa Fiumara, University at BuffaloAnnie Goodwin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Putting it all together
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS PUBLISH THEIR WORK IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS AVAILABLE FROM SUBSCRIPTION BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES ACCESSIBLE FROM THE LIBRARY HOMEPAGE— NOT FREE ON THE INTERNET
http://library.atu.edu/
www.atu.edu/ozark/library1.shtml
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