Research guides: ENG100: Effective writing : Journal Articles

How are scholarly articles different than non-scholarly articles?

Scholarly journal articles are very different from non-scholalrly magazine or newspaper articles.

	Scholarly (academic)	Non-scholarly (popular)
Purpose	To report research	To entertain or inform
Format	Long articles Can include graphs and charts	Short articles Can include pictures and advertisements
Style	Specialized language	Exciting language
Author	Topic expert with name and position listed	Journalist
Editor	Other expert(s) on the topic	Other journalist
References	Always included	Almost never