How to Identify Scholarly Journal Articles
Evaluating the sources you find is a crucial step in the process of scholarly research. The questions you ask about books, periodical articles, or multimedia sources are similar whether you're looking at a citation to the item or have the item in hand.
Discernment 1
Image from The Falconry Book of Frederick II, 1240s.
Discernment 2
Chart by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1920) illustrating falconers' terminology.
Evaluate your sources
- How to Critically Analyze Information Sources.A guide to the critical questions you should ask when you consider the appropriateness of a particular book, article, media resource, or Web site for your research.
- Distinguishing Scholarly from non-Scholarly Periodicals : A Checklist of CriteriaShows how to evaluate periodicals by looking at their format, intended audience, and appearance.
- Evaluating Web ResourcesLists ways to analyze the Web sites you find.
- Evaluating News SourcesMedia literacy issues and skills exposed;this guide supports workshops for sociology classes and the popular "Fake News" workshops, and is open for all to use.