Critical Evaluation of Resources

• Scholarly articles are often the best sources for university-level research.
• Scholarly articles (published in scholarly journals) are reviewed by experts before they are published.
• Popular articles (published in newspapers, magazines, and other sources) are not reviewed by experts, but may be extensively researched and / or fact-checked, depending on the publication.

From North Carolina State University Libraries

Not sure if an article is scholarly or popular?  Ulrichs 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.