Research Project

Here is a quick checklist of criteria to help you determine if a resource is scholarly:

• Author and author's affiliation are always listed.
• Article uses technical, specialized vocabulary.   
• Article reports on experiments, studies or literature reviews.
• Article uses graphs, tables, data.    
• Article always includes footnotes or citations.

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

• Article length varies.
• Citations or footnotes are optional.
• Article may provide author's names or may be anonymous.
•  Audience for article is specific, not general.
• Advertising may be geared to a special audience.