Pickler Memorial Library

Scholarly Journals

Popular Magazines

Trade Journals

Examples

• Art Bulletin
• Art History
• Burlington Magazine

• Time
• National Geographic
• Smithsonian

• ARTnews
• Studio potter
• Art in America

Value & Uses

• Reports of original research, theoretical, experimental or applied.

• In-depth analysis of topics

• Lengthy articles

• Current events and news

• Brief, factual information

• Short articles

• Interviews

• Current trends, news & events in a particular field. Product, company and biographical information.

• Statistics including forecasts.

Language

• College-level writing

• Specialized language of the discipline

• Non-technical, often simple language

• Written for practitioners so uses jargon of the field

Authors

• Researchers, academics, scholars

• Journalists

• Practitioners or journalists with subject expertise

Sources

• Footnotes and bibliographies

• Documentation often extensive

• Original sources can be obscure

• Sources often cited, but full documentation is not always provided

Publishers

• Professional organizations, universities, research institutes, and scholarly presses

• Commercial publishers

• Commercial/trade publishers

Graphics

• Graphs, charts, and tables

• Ads are rare

• Many photos and color ads

• Illustrated for marketing appeal

• Charts, tables, illustrations

• Ads related to the profession/industry