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Scholarly and non-scholarly periodicals: Types of Periodicals

Scholarly and non-scholarly periodicals-How to tell them apart.

Classes

There are four broad categories of periodicals:

1) scholarly or research-oriented,

2) professional, trade, or industry,

3) news or opinion, and

4) popular.

Examples:

1) Science,  Proceedings of the ACM

2) American Libraries, Automotive Industries

3) New York Times, The New Yorker     

4) Time, Glamour

Types of Periodicals

Periodical Types