Scholarly vs. Popular
Scholarly journals and popular magazines often differ in typical ways,
yet there are many publications that display characteristics of both
types. The following list should be helpful in determining whether your
periodical can be considered a scholarly journal or a popular magazine.
Scholarly Journals
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Popular Magazines
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Finding Scholarly Journals
One of the best tools for determining a journal's reliability and/or reputation beyond analyzing the characteristics listed above is Magazines for Libraries (Z 6941 .K2 2000, 2nd floor Reference), an annotated list of many of the best and most useful periodicals. The annotations in Magazines for Libraries provide descriptive and evaluative summaries for each title in order to indicate each periodical's purpose, scope and audience. Periodicals are listed alphabetically under subject headings.