FYS: Heroic Temper (Bungard) (Ries): Evaluate Your Sources/Types of Publications

CATEGORY

Scholarly

Professional

General

Purpose

to share original research with the academic community and other scholars; to share critical analysis, literary analysis, contextual analysis of literature, arts, philosophy, etc. 

trends, news and information for the field

current events, news, popular culture, and entertainment

Author

researchers, scholars and experts

people in field, specialized journalists

journalists

Length

longer, in-depth articles

some lengthy, mostly shorter articles

short, a few pages at the most

Language

uses vocabulary of the discipline

uses the jargon of the field

simple, general vocabulary

Publisher

university & scholarly presses, professional organizations

professional organizations and trade publishers

commercial and trade publishers

Sources

footnotes & bibliographies always included

usually cited, but not as extensive

generally not cited

Graphics

charts, tables, almost no advertisements

some illustrations & ads related to the profession

lots of photographs and advertisements

Examples

The Classical Journal; Bryn Mawr Classical Review; Classical Philology;

New Criterion; New Yorker; The Atlantic

Time, Newsweek, People, USA Today

• Written or spoken word
• diaries
• letters
• speeches
• poems
• newspaper articles
• photographs
• paintings
• sculpture
• screenplays
• performances
  
• musical compositions
• audio or video recordings
• archaeological discoveries
• writings of:  philosophers, literary authors

• Interpretation of the event, image, person, idea. 
• Can be in the form of an article, essay, book.