Use the Ulrich's directory linked below to find out more information about journals. You can look up a journal title to find out whether or not it is peer reviewed.
Popular Magazines | Trade Journals | Scholarly Journals | |
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Examples | The Economist, Psychology Today, Time, National Geographic | Advertising Age, The CPA Journal, Billboard, American Libraries | Journal of the History of Ideas, College English, Antiquity, Science |
Audience | For the general public; use language understood by the average reader | For those in a particular trade or industry | For students, scholars, researchers; uses specialized vocabulary of the discipline |
Content | May report research as news items,feature stories, editorials and opinion pieces | Reports on problems or issues in a particular industry | Reports original research, theory; may include an abstract |
Appearance | Highly visual, a lot of advertising, color, photos, short articles with no bibliographies or references | Visual, contains advertising, color, photos, | Little or no advertising, has tables & charts, high concentration of print, lengthy articles, bibliographies & references |
Authors | Author may not be named, frequently a staff writer, not a subject expert | Staff writers, freelance authors | Authors are specialists, articles are signed, & credentials such as degrees, university affiliation are often given. |