Magazines

• contain current events and general interest articles
• publish brief articles written for the general public
• are written by journalists
• generally do not contain any references or notes--the reader does not know where the author got the information to write the article
• articles are reviewed by magazine employees before they are published

Journals

• contain news and research topics from a specific field of interest
• publish long, in-depth articles written for experts and scholars in the field
• are written by subject experts in the field
• include references or footnotes--reader knows where the author obtained the information to write the article
• articles are reviewed by peers (other subject experts) before they are published

Scholarly journal articles can be very challenging, especially if you're new to them. These sources give some ideas on how to tackle a scholarly journal article.

You'll need to find an article in which the author or authors describe a study or experiment that they actually conducted themselves.

When looking through articles, keep an eye out for:

• Language in the abstract like "In this study..." and then a description of the study they conducted.

• In the article itself, you'll see sections like methods or methodology, results, and discussion, in which the authors describe the study.

Examples from OneSearch:

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