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Often, an instructor will specify that you limit your research to scholarly or professional journals. If, after checking the descriptions above, you are still uncertain as to the category of the journal you are using, please ask a reference librarian for help in making this determination.

The Ebsco and Gale databases include a check box to limit your search, in most cases, to articles that have been published in scholarly or professional journals by checking the box to limit your search to "peer reviewed" or "refereed publications."

To assist you in identifying scholarly/professional journals as opposed to magazines, check out this quick magazine/journal comparison chart.

Popular/General Interest Magazines

The term magazine is usually applied to popular or consumer type publications that are generally for sale on newsstands.

audience: presentation style is aimed at general public

authorship: usually written by journalists or staff writers; the author's name may or may not be noted

documentation: there is usually no documentation of sources such as notes, footnotes, or bibliographies

review process: articles printed in magazines are reviewed only by the editorial staff of the publication itself and not by any outside body

appearance: magazines are usually printed on slick, glossy paper and contain both black & white and color pictures and photographs

advertisements:numerous advertisements are included

publishers: commercial publishers

frequency: usually weekly, monthly, or bi-monthly

examples: Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic