Spanish 107: Artículos populares y eruditas

Not sure if an article is scholarly or popular?  Ulrichsweb has detailed information on more than 300,000 publications.  Enter journal/magazine title in the search box and find your publication.  Then, look for Academic/Scholarly in the Content Type field.

Try these titles:

• Scientific American
• Agronomy for Sustainable Development
• Time

Note:

• This article describes the results of a study (it has a methods section, a results section, & description of how the study was carried out, etc)
• There are lots of citations and references to other research
• Charts and graphs illustrate the findings
• The article was written by a researcher in this field

Note:

• The article tells a story (introducing us to particular people telling us about their lives, etc.)
• Lack of academic jargon / few references
• Does not describe a study; rather is telling us about a program
• No assumption that we already know a large amount about this topic