In education, the American Psychological Association (APA) Style is usually the preferred citation style for bibliographies and in-text.
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The best resource for psychology related topics in journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and reports. Published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Coverage: 1887-present.
Articles on sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes Social Services Abstracts database which focuses on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage: 1952-present.
An index of scholarly articles and books. Look for the Find@UNM link to access the full-text articles in University Libraries subscription databases. For books check the library catalog.
The database has over 2.1 million full-text dissertations and theses. It also contains indexing of 3.8 million graduate works. Primarily US, UK and Ireland but increasingly from other countries. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress. Coverage: 1861-present.
A comprehensive archive of multidisciplinary scholarly journals and books. Coverage: 1800s to 3-5 years ago; Includes ARTstor - images across the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching. Coverage: ancient times to today.
Provides digital humanities and social sciences books and scholarly journals from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. Coverage 1900s-present.
There are three major types of publication for a student to know. Be aware there is variation among disciplnes especially for scholarly journals.
Below is a criteria to distinguish the difference and examples at the bottom.
SCHOLARLY JOURNAL |
TRADE PUBLICATION |
POPULAR MAGAZINE |
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PURPOSE |
Present new research findings. Advance knowledge in the field. |
Inform, persuade, or sell. May summarize the work of scholars. |
Inform, persuade, entertain, or sell. May summarize the work of scholars. |
AUTHOR |
Scholars listed with credentials and, if applicable, university affiliation. |
Journalists, staff, or free-lance writers. Articles may be unsigned. |
Journalists, staff, or free-lance writers. Often unsigned. |
SCOPE |
Limited to a field of study, or narrower. |
Single industry trends, new products or techniques, and organizational news. |
Varies. |
AUDIENCE |
Scholars, researchers, professionals, and students. |
Members of a specific business, industry or organization. |
Public-at-large. |
PUBLICATION PROCESS |
Refereed (reviewed by other scholars before publication). |
Edited.
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Edited. |
STRUCTURE |
Formal. Includes a list of works cited (references). Pagination is consecutive throughout each volume. |
Informal. Moderate advertising as related to the industry or trade. Each issue begins with page 1. |
Informal. Often contains eye-catching advertising and flashy graphics and photographs. Each issue begins with page 1. |
SUPPORT OF ARGUMENT |
Research built on prior research. |
Confirmed sources or opinion. May summarize the work of scholars. |
Confirmed sources or opinion. May summarize the work of scholars. |
EXAMPLES |
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