Lib 150 Section 13 Lloyd Chittenden

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Lib 150Section 13Lloyd Chittenden

• How is the world ruled and how do wars start?
  Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then
  believe what they read.
• -- Karl Kraus 1909

Please turn off cell phones
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Quiz 2

• Anyone who missed Quiz 1 can make it up after
  class

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Scholarly vs. Popular

• Popular
• Written by journalists, not subject specialists
• Scholarly
• Written by scientists and subject experts

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Scholarly vs. Popular

• Popular
• Written for the general public
• Scholarly
• Written for specialists in the field

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Scholarly vs. Popular

• Popular
• Do not have citations or references
• Scholarly
• Do have citations or references

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Scholarly vs. Popular

• Popular
• Articles are short
• Scholarly
• Articles may be long

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Scholarly vs. Popular

• Popular
• Have general advertising
• Scholarly
• Advertising specific to the field, or none

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Scholarly vs. Popular

• Popular
• Colorful, glossy paper
• Scholarly
• Little color, plain paper

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Scholarly vs. Popular

• Popular
• Pages each issue separately
• Scholarly
• May use continuous pagination

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Scholarly vs. Popular

• Popular
• Articles only reviewed by editor
• Scholarly
• Articles reviewed by other experts
• Check Ulrichs to be sure

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Scholarly vs. Popular

• Exercise

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For next week

• Assignment 3 -- due next week
• Citing Periodical Sources in MLA Style  
• Evaluating Periodical Sources
• Sample evaluation for periodical articles
• Reading
• The Internet -- A Tool for Academic Research
• Internet Searching
• Evaluating Web Sources
• Media Services