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Magazines: Articles in popular magazines like Time or Sports Illustrated contain information written for the general public. These sources may be appropriate to use in an academic paper, depending on the topic and focus. Magazines can be useful for introductory reading about the topic or for collecting fast facts. |
Newspapers: |
Journals: |
Peer-Reviewed / Refereed / Scholarly: |
Trade Periodicals:
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→ To see if the Library has a particular journal or magazine check the Journal Locator, a full listing of the periodicals that the college can access in print (in the Library) or online. See a listing of Journalism and Communications journals.
Major multi-disciplinary databases (Many more databases are available at this link).
ProQuest |
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Lexis/Nexis | Sage Online Journals |
Popular magazines | Popular magazines | Some popular magazines | Peer reviewed/Scholarly journals |
Newspapers - both U.S. and international news sources | Peer reviewed/Scholarly journals | Newspapers | |
Peer reviewed/Scholarly journals | Trade publications | ||
Trade publications | Media tranascripts |