12 basic iq skills: popular vs. scholarly periodicals and peer-review
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12 Basic IQ Skills: Popular vs. Scholarly
Periodicals and Peer-review
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The four pillars of IQ!
• Find• Retrieve • Analyze• Use
Determining if a source is popular or scholarly is part of the “Analyze” area.
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What are periodicals?
• Any publication that is released “periodically”– Magazines– Newspapers– Journals– Trade publications
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Scholarly PopularAuthor An expert in the field, often an
academic. Lists credentials in a brief biographical statement.
A journalist, may not even be credited
Length Longer and more in-depth Shorter and more general
Sources Provides a bibliography of sources cited Acknowledges quotes but does not cite sources
Intent To explore a scholarly topic, research project, or other academic topic
To entertain or inform a broad audience
Presentation Illustrations limited to graphs and tables, straightforward and plain
Glossy paper with photographs and other illustrations
Audience Academics, researchers, and other experts
General public
Language Academic language; uses specialized vocabulary from the discipline
Accessible language, avoids jargon
Editing andPublication
Articles are reviewed by a jury of academic peers before acceptance for publication (peer-review)
Articles are reviewed by the editor of the magazine.
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What is peer-review?
• “A process by which submitted manuscripts are evaluated by scholars in the subject discipline in order to determine whether they are worthy to be published” (Badke, p. 10).
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Where can I find periodicals in the library?
• Reading room (current periodicals)
• In the stacks (bound periodicals)
• Full-text online through the library’s subscription databases.
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Using EBSCO A-to-Z
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EBSCO A-Z
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Peer Review in our databases
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Peer Review in our databases
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Sources and Resources
– William B. Badke, Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog, 3rd ed., New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2008
– Scholarly Journals v. Popular Magazine Articles (UTSA Libraries): http://lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/scholarlyguide.html
– Scholarly Journals, Trade Publications, and Popular Magazines (ProQuest): http://training.proquest.com/trc/training/en/peervsscholarly.pdf