Articles - Popular or Scholarly?

Here is a quick checklist of criteria to help you determine if a resource is Professional or Trade:

• Article length varies.
• Citations or footnotes? Optional.
• Articles may provide author names or may be anonymous.
• Intended for specific audiences.
• Advertising may be geared to a special audience.

• print version ranges from plain to colorful
• typically published weekly or monthly
• contain ads related to the profession or trade
• articles typically range from paragraph to 5 pages
• current trends, issues, and news in the profession,
• articles typically written by a professional staff or guest writer, freelancer, or columnist; credentials and contact info sometimes provided
• assumes reader's general knowledge of the profession/trade and its specific vocabulary
• may include brief bibliographies or citations
• in an online database you may see this icon: