What is the Difference between a Scholarly
Journal Article and a Popular Magazine Article?
It is important that the information you
learn about Psychology is supported by strong academic research. Research that is published in peer-reviewed
journals is considered scholarly work.
For this assignment you will distinguish between a scholarly journal
article and a popular magazine article.
1. Please
view the “Welcome to the Traurig Library!” Tutorial:Welcome to the Traurig
Library Tutorial
2. Write
aminimum one-page essay following these guidelines:
• Summarize
the characteristics of each type of article.
• Compare
and contrast a scholarly journal article with a popular magazine article by
including three ways they are similar and three ways they are different.
• Choose
a scholarly article related to your topic and a non-scholarly article directly
related to your topic and explain how they are similar and different. Please
use specific examples from each article.
• Make
sure to include references to your articles.
