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Scholarly Book (Monograph)

Signs a book is scholarly

• The book has an editor (or editors)
• The author (or authors) have academic credentials
• The publisher is a university or academic press
• There are reference cited
• There are facts or tables
• There is an index

Scholarly Journal

Signs a Journal is Scholarly

• The content is very specific to one area of study
• The authors are scholars / experts
• The articles are peer reviewed before publication
• Facts and other research is cited in the articles