For some of your research assignments you may be expected to use scholarly resources. This could mean academic or scholarly books, or scholarly journal articles. Sometimes you may be asked to use scholarly peer-reviewed articles.
Peer review is a process in which other scholars in the research area read and review an article to verify credibility before the article is published. Not all journals go through the peer review process.
Watch the video below to learn more about popular sources, scholarly sources and the peer review process.
Popular, Scholarly and Peer Reviewed Sources - Transcript
To make sure you are choosing the best resources for your assignment you must understand how to tell if a source is popular or scholarly. The chart below illustrates some of the key differences between popular and scholarly sources.
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