*For your research proposal, you are required to find 5 empirical articles published after 2000.
Primary literature (i.e. empirical articles)
Review literature
Popular | Scholarly | |
---|---|---|
Author | Staff writer; journalist | Expert in the field; known credentials |
Audience | General public | Scholars, researchers |
Language | Little technical language or subject-specific jargon | Uses technical language and subject-specific jargon |
Coverage | Broad topics; shallow coverage; shorter length | Narrow topics; in-depth coverage; longer length |
Documentation | Usually no bibliography | Bibliography present |
Peer-reviewed? | No | Often |