Scholarly Journals vs. Popular Magazines
- Types of SourcesWeb page explanation of the different types of sources from the University of Wisconsin.
Scholarly vs Popular Sources Videos
Sense About Science
The organization sense-about-science provides several publications that you may find beneficial. Each of the following links, connects to a webpage with a PDF link, that allows you to download the PDF publication.
I Don't Know What to Believe: US version
Is Peer Review Relevant to Communication Disorders?
See criteria # 6 in the 2005 article by Finn, P.; Bothe, AK; and Bramlett, RE.
Peer Review in 3 Minutes
This video is published under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license. It is available at https://youtu.be/rOCQZ7QnoN0
Find out about a journal
Need to find out about a specific journal?
Finding information about a journal can be done by searching in Journals by Title from the library homepage. It will show a graduation cap icon.
It is linked to Ulrich's Directory below.
Ulrich’s or Cabell's databases discuss the details of a journal, it's purpose and scope, the review process, manuscript acceptance rate, etc.
You can also try finding the journal home page (try a Google search) and looking for the About section.
- Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory This link opens in a new window
Information about journals and magazines, including whether they are considered scholarly publications.
Professional Issues
There will be several questions on your assignment connected to the following two editorials.