What are Scholarly Journal Articles?: Introduction

If you've never heard of scholarly journals or scholarly journal articles before, that's O.K.! You are in the right place to get up to speed on them.

♦ If you've never heard of scholarly journals or scholarly journal articles before, that's O.K.! You are in the right place to get up to speed on them.

♦ If you already know a bit about them but are confused by an assignment that requires you to use (or avoid using) a specific type of scholarly journal article, you're in the right place too!

JUST IN CASE YOU WEREN'T SURE . . .

- WHAT IS AN ARTICLE? -

"Article" is generic term that means a non-fictional piece of writing. In length they range from only a few paragraphs to several pages to about 20 pages. They may be in print or online. Articles are found in:

Magazines (also called popular magazines)
Newspapers
Scholarly Journals
Some Books (with editors)
Websites
And More (newsletters, blogs, etc.)

All of the above publications can be useful for your research, but especially scholarly journals since professors usually give assignments that require students to use scholarly journal articles.