Journals are scholarly in nature and specialized according to their subject discipline and are an appropriate source for college-level research. They present researched studies and information, which are often peer-reviewed. Peer-reviewed means that it must be approved by experts in the subject field in order to be published. These are excellent sources but often include the specialized language and vocabulary of the subject fields of study and are usually researched based with charts, graphs and statistics. They often provide a bibliography of additional sources. Use these sources to add depth and weight to your paper. Some examples are Child Development, Chronicle of Higher Education, English Journal and the Harvard Business Review.
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Magazines are written for the general public with articles that use everyday language. Their main purpose is to entertain and to inform the general public. Articles are usually written by staff members of the magazine who often have no in-depth knowledge or experience with the subjects they are writing about. Sometimes magazines hire experts, such as doctors, lawyers, or political analysts to write articles for their magazines. Magazines are good sources of up-to-date and factual information but are not specifically research oriented. Some examples are Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Psychology Today, and Popular Mechanics.
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