Periodical Articles:
A Guide to Evaluating, Obtaining, 
and Citing Periodical Articles

 

Scholarly Journals or Popular Magazines

 

Self-Test

The Answer:
Popular Magazine

The article which Megan has found does not include its author's qualifications or credit its sources. The periodical containing this article has lots of glossy ads and no listing of its editors. These are all characteristics of popular magazines, not scholarly journals.

 


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