Scholarly articles are an essential research resource. Popular articles may be
used/cited in your paper, but only sparingly and anecdotally.
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Scholarly |
Popular | ||
| academic audience | general public audience | ||
| sources cited in footnotes and/or bibliography | informal or no citation | ||
| reports original research | reports general information | ||
| Authors are scholars in the field |
authors usually reporters |
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| Example: Applied Vegetation Science | Example: Time |
Always give credit for others thoughts and writings. "Think of quotation marks as a hug, keeping someone else’s words safe in what you’re writing." Sarah Grassin Tucson.com
What is a working paper?
Working papers are usually the first place that original economics research appears. Many of the working papers will later be presented at conferences or published in a formal academic journal.