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LLCU 295. Special Topics: Sport and Global Relations

Scholarly Sources

  • Report on original research or experimentation.
  • Have articles that are written by a scholar/expert in the field.
  • Have articles that use the terminology and language of the covered subject.
  • Have articles that are footnoted and/or have a bibliography.
  • Are generally published by a professional organization or a scholarly press.
  • May have charts and graphs.

Popular Sources

  • Are written for the general public.
  • Are written to inform, entertain, sell products or promote a point of view.
  • Often avoid specialized terminology of the field.
  • Written by members of the editorial staff or freelance writers.
  • Sources are sometimes cited but more often there are no footnotes or bibliography.
  • Contains some advertising and published for profit.
  • Not reviewed or evaluated by other subject experts.

Peer Review

Scholarly, peer-reviewed, or academic journal articles are a critical source of authoritative information as they contain the results of original and most-up-to-date research, often focus on a particular aspect of a topic and are written by experts in a field of study.

Peer review is the evaluation of scientific or academic work by others working in the same field.

A peer-reviewed or refereed journal is one in which manuscripts submitted by authors are reviewed by experts on the topic.