Whether you are searching the Library Catalog, a database, Google, or Google Scholar, it's hard to determine a scholarly source from a popular source because all the search results are lumped together. Before you start searching consider the following criteria for a scholarly versus a popular source. You will need two scholarly sources for your paper.
Scholarly Journal Criteria
Popular Magazine Criteria
Scholarly Sources can be academic journals and books. You can search for these using a Library Catalog search or by using our databases. Remember to use the criteria when evaluating if the source is scholarly or popular.
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Check out the Library Search which finds print and electronic items, including journal and newspaper articles, book chapters, books, reviews, legal documents, and much more. Note: Due to licensing restrictions, some content is only available to current students, faculty, and staff.
Large and important archive for academic journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Many journals do not have current issues.
Indexing and abstracts for music periodicals; includes including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition.
Archive of music journalism: articles, reviews, and interviews from mainstream music publications and zines. Audio interviews.
Popular Sources can be found using the library catalog, databases, or a Google search. These include magazines, newspaper articles, and websites. Remember to use the criteria when evaluating if the source is scholarly or popular.
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Archive of music journalism: articles, reviews, and interviews from mainstream music publications and zines. Audio interviews.
First-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Historical access to the following newspapers: Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Daily World, The Baltimore Afro-American, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Defender, The Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cleveland Call & Post, The Commercial Appeal, Detroit Free Press, The Globe and Mail, Hartford Courant, The Jerusalem Post, The Jewish Advocate, The Jewish Exponent, Korea Times, Knoxville News Sentinel, Leftist Newspapers, Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, Louisville Courier Journal, Michigan Chronicle, New York Amsterdam News, The New York Times, New York Tribune, Norfolk Journal & Guide, The Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier, San Francisco Chronicle, South China Morning Post, St. Louis Post Dispatch, The Tennessean, The Times of India, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
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