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12 Basic IQ Skills: Popular vs. Scholarly Periodicals and Peer-review. The four pillars of IQ!. Determining if a source is popular or scholarly is part of the “Analyze” area. F ind R etrieve A nalyze U se. What are periodicals?. Any publication that is released “periodically” Magazines
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12 Basic IQ Skills: Popular vs. Scholarly Periodicals and Peer-review
The four pillars of IQ! Determining if a source is popular or scholarly is part of the “Analyze” area. • Find • Retrieve • Analyze • Use
What are periodicals? • Any publication that is released “periodically” • Magazines • Newspapers • Journals • Trade publications
What is peer-review? • “A process by which submitted manuscripts are evaluated by scholars in the subject discipline in order to determine whether they are worthy to be published” (Badke, p. 10).
Where can I find periodicals in the library? • Reading room (current periodicals) • In the stacks (bound periodicals) • Full-text online through the library’s subscription databases.
Sources and Resources • William B. Badke, Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog, 3rd ed., New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2008 • Scholarly Journals v. Popular Magazine Articles (UTSA Libraries): http://lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/scholarlyguide.html • Scholarly Journals, Trade Publications, and Popular Magazines (ProQuest): http://training.proquest.com/trc/training/en/peervsscholarly.pdf
Questions? libraryiq@austinseminary.edu