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Characteristics |
Scholarly |
Popular |
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How can you tell the difference |
Archives of Asian Art is an annual journal devoted to the arts of South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia. Each issue presents articles by leading scholars and a selection of outstanding works of Asian art acquired by North American museums during the previous year.
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Established in 1993, ArtAsiaPacific magazine is the leading English-language periodical covering contemporary art and culture from Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East.
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Length |
Longer articles, providing |
Shorter articles, providing |
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Authorship |
Author usually an expert or specialist in the field, name and credentials always provided |
Author usually a staff writer or a journalist, name and credentials often not provided |
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Language/Audience |
Written in the specialized vocabulary of the field for scholarly readers (professors, researchers or students) |
Written in non-technical vocabulary for anyone to understand |
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Format/Structure |
Articles usually more structured, may include these sections: abstract, literature review, methodology, results, conclusion, bibliography |
Articles do not necessarily follow a specific format or structure |
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Special Features |
Illustrations that support the text, such as tables of statistics, graphs, maps, or photographs |
Illustrations with glossy or color photographs, usually for advertising purposes |
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Editors |
Articles usually reviewed and critically evaluated by a board of experts in the field (refereed) |
Articles are not evaluated by experts in the field, but by editors on staff |
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Credits |
A bibliography (works cited) and/or footnotes are always provided to document research thoroughly |
A bibliography (works cited) is usually not provided, although names of reports or references may be mentioned in the text |
This table adapted from an original provided courtesy of the University of Texas San Antonio Library
Peer-reviewed publishing is different from other types of publishing, like books, newspapers, and magazines.
The author is usually a professor or researcher and the article they submit to a journal goes through a rigorous process of review by other experts in their field of study before being published in a journal.
Sometimes, peer-reviewed is also called "scholarly" or "refereed." This distinction can be subtle. You can always ask a librarian for help determining if a source is peer-reviewed or not.
EBSCOhost is the company that creates many of the article databases (like Academic Search Complete and PsychINFO) the library subscribes to.
On the EBSCO search page, look at the options and select Scholarly (peer-reviewed) Journals. Doing this will limit your search to retrieve only those kinds of articles.
After searching for your topic in WorldCat@SU you will want to select peer-reviewed in the left hand column.
TIP: It may seem counterintuitive, but leaving "full text" unchecked will bring back more results, some of which the library can get for you through Get It! if we don't own the item.
