Scholarly or scientific articles and books are written by academics for academics and usually focus on a specific topic. The aim of a publication is to present research results and to discuss their meaning.
Authors of scholarly publications have to carefully support their conclusions. They do so by:
A publication has to be reviewed by fellow scientists in the same field. Peer reviews are conducted before an article is published in a scholarly journal.
Learn how to distinguish between scholarly and non-scholarly information (popular & trade magazines) for your assignments by watching the video What’s a scholarly source? (2:25)
In the exercise Scientific or not? you see characteristics of both popular and scientific journals. Drag each card into the appropriate zone and discover all differences between scientific or not!