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Scholarly Sources

Scholarly Book (Monograph)
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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
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Scholarly Journal
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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
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