How to distinguish between popular and scholarly resources.

1. Popular vs Scholarly

2. Popular Scholarly
general interest stories which may refer to research but
do not contain original research
articles contain original research

3. Popular Scholarly
written by non-specialists using general and popular
language
written by experts in the field i.e. specialists and
researchers in the subject area, usually employing
technical and subject-specific language and jargon

4. Popular Scholarly
intended for general readership without any particular
expertise or advanced education
intended for specialist readership of researchers,
academics, students and professionals

5. Popular Scholarly
articles are not peer-reviewed articles usually go through a peer review process
(independent experts evaluate the articles before they
are published)

6. Popular Scholarly
rarely include references articles are well-researched and include full references

7. Popular Scholarly
are typically shorter pieces of writing documents full research (or very specific aspect
thereof) which usually spans over 10-30 pages