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Scholarly Resources vs. Popular Resources

  Scholarly Resources vs. Popular Resources Scholarly resources are typically made up of research studies and journal articles targeted to help advance knowledge in a particular field. Scholarly sources are not meant to entertain. On the other hand, popular resource are intended to inform or entertain the general public. For example: Local newspaper is a popular material. Scholarly Popular Written by Scholars or Researchers Written by Journalists & Non - experts Generally contain few colorful photographs, may have charts and graphs as necessary. Usually have colorful and attractive appearance. Presents theory, analysis, application, or practice as a result of original research and experimentation. Covers general interest topics like current events & popular culture as a result of research & journalistic investigation. Written for a specialized audience lik...

Most Reliable Resources for Students

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Finding reliable sources for your research paper is not an easy task. Rather than scrolling through pages of search results, check out following list of credible online platforms. This will save your time! Google Scholar Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine created by Google. This helps you find academic articles, thesis, books and other academic related resources. ResearchGate With 135+ million publication pages, 20+ million researchers and 1+ million questions, this is where you can find open-access academic sources. Entering an author name or area of research, you can find publication. JSTOR Ranking among the best online resources JSTOR has books, articles, journals, images. Therefore, this is a digital library of different sources. Microsoft Academic  Microsoft Academic is a reliable research tool. The search engine indexes approximately 120 million publications, including scientific papers, conference proceedings, and journals. Google Books There are more th...