Scholarly Articles |
Popular Articles |
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Examples: |
Nature, Journal of Psychology, Foreign Policy, Journal of ... | New York Times, Time Magazine, CBS, NPR, Buzzfeed |
Authorship: |
Written by experts in the field of study. | Mostly written by journalists and professional writers. |
Citations: |
Has lots of citations within the article. | Seldom has citations. |
Audience: |
Written for people studying/researching an area. | Written for the general public. |
Publication time: |
Very slow. It can take years to be published. |
Very fast. Within a day or even hours. |
Purpose: |
Facilitate communication between scholars in a field of study. | Entertain or to inform the reader of current events. |
Review process: |
Often peer-reviewed. |
Editorially reviewed. |
These sources are first-hand accounts of events or evidence without any interpretation, comments, or filter. Primary sources show the information, research, or event as the original material; they display original thought, or report on new discoveries, or share new information.
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Secondary sources are reviews, accounts, summaries, or interpretations of the event or evidence (primary source) after they occurred. Normally these kinds of materials add comments or summarize events or evidence with some insight.
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Tertiary sources distil primary and secondary sources. Think of them as a list or reference material or repackaging of an event, idea, or person in a more compact way.
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