Periodical
a term used to describe any publication that is published multiple times (periodically). Periodicals include materials such as popular magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers. It is important to understand the difference between a popular and scholarly periodical.
Peer-review
refers to the process that articles undergo before they may be published. Other scholars in the author's field or discipline review and evaluate the article for quality and validity. If lacking, the article may be rejected, but otherwise, the article is accepted, often with suggestions for revision.
Appearance
Plain image and cover; black and white with graphics and illustrations
Content
Content often includes abstract, method, discussion, tables, conclusion, and references. In-depth analysis of issues in the fields. Images and advertisements are not included.
Language
Academic, technical terms in professions (i.e. business, Medical, etc.) relevance towards topics or experience in the discipline of study.
Audience
The audiences scholarly journals is described as professionals who are experts in their fields.
Authorship
They are researchers, professionals, scholars and more that are experts in their fields. It is those who are qualified to discuss subjects in the fields of study.
References
References include footnotes, bibliographies, list of cited references used
Editors
These sources can be peer-reviewed and undergo a process through expert criticism.
Publishers
Publishers consist of academic organizations, scholarly publishers or universities/higher education.
Appearance
The cover will be on glossy paper and appealing to the general audience.
Content
Popular magazines do not provide an in-depth analysis which includes non-academic content and popular culture. These are usually the 2nd or 3rd had sources from the original source.
Language
The language is easy to understand for everyday people and not subject specific in profession or field of study.
Audience
The audience is the general population.
Authorship
The authors consist of journalists or staff writers. Authorship can also not be subject experts on topics of discussions.
References
References are not usually included.
Editors
These are not peer reviewed and works for the company/publishers.
Publishers
These are commercial publishers disseminate information to the general public whose primary goal is publishing.
Appearance
This appears as appealing to the general audience.
Content
Content includes events and news which can be local, regional, national or international. It has advertisements, editorials, speeches, poems and more. Primary resources include information for events. Newspapers also contain advertisements.
Language
The language is easy to understand for everyday people and not subject specific in profession or field of study.
Audience
The audience is the general population.
Authorship
The authors consist of journalists or staff writers. Authorship can also not be subject experts on topics of discussions.
References
References are not usually included.
Editors
These are not peer reviewed and works for the company/publishers.
Publishers
These are commercial publishers disseminate information to the general public whose primary goal is publishing.
Audience
The audience is the general population.