Many assignments require scholarly journals, also sometimes called peer-reviewed or refereed journals.

There are some basic criteria you can use to distinguish scholarly journals from other types of sources, like magazines and newspapers.

Common characteristics of scholarly journals:

• articles feature experiments, case studies, or other original research
• authors are scholars or experts
• articles are long and detailed
• few pictures, but possibly graphs & charts
• long bibliographies for each article
• specialized language from a specific discipline
• intended for an audience of researchers

For more information on scholarly journals, visit one of the suggested links below.