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You will be required to include articles from scholarly journals for some class assignments. This Web instruction will teach you :
How to identify popular from scholarly articles
Find a popular and scholarly article in Academic Search Elite
Follow the directions below and fill in the blanks.
When you are finished, your answers will be sent to your instructor.
PART I
What is the difference between popular articles and scholarly?
POPULAR
Audience - general
Written by journalists or staff reporters
Usually short (1-2 pages)
NO citations (list of sources)
Uses conversational language
Newspapers or sold on newsstands
SCHOLARLY
Audience- academic/researcher
Written by academics, researchers,scholars
Long articles about research
Contain footnotes or lists of references
Uses scholarly language
Often refereed or peer reviewed
Book Reviews are NEVER scholarly articles
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Articles written by university professors in a given field are published in these publications.
a. popular b. scholarly c. newspaper
2. The glossy covers on these are meant to attract people at the supermarket check-out counter
Directions:
Using the above criteria for popular vs. scholarly articles (audience, length, author, type of article), review the following and indicate which type of article this probably is.
3. Koehler, Wallace. Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide ," Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 2004, Vol. 55 Issue 5, p467, 2p. Reviews the book "Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide."
a. popular b. scholarly c. don't know
4. Hamblen, Matt. "Grin and Wear It," Computerworld, 4/22/2002, Vol. 36 Issue 17, p54, 1p. Deals with the growing popularity of wearable computers. Examples of wearable computing and communication devices.
5. "Race, Gender, and Opinion Toward Black and Female Presidential Candidates." By: Sigelman, Lee; Welch, Susan. Public Opinion Quarterly, Summer84, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p467-475, 9p; Abstract: Using data from the 1974 and 1978 General Social Surveys, public opinion toward blacks and women as presidential candidates was explored. We found that although blacks in general were more supportive of black candidacies than were whites, women were not consistently more supportive of female candidates .
6. " TV gender stereotypes. Wall Street Journal - 05/01/97, Vol. 229 Issue 83, pB2; Abstract: Presents information on a 1997 survey in California, prepared for a child-advocacy groups on the number of television commercials favored by preteen and teenage girls against boys.
Congratulations! You have finished part one Please continue with part two after you submit your answers !
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Created by Ruth Dickstein Social Sciences Librarian
