Scholarly articles are:
in-depth | written by experts | validated with technical language, abstracts, literature reviews, methodologies, tables, graphs, and conclusions | reviewed by experts | given a bibliography
Popular articles are:
brief overviews of topics | written by journalists | easily read by most people | illustrated with colorful photographs or pictures | reviewed by editors | not given a bibliography
Scholarly journals have articles written by researchers who are considered experts in a field. These journals are also known as "peer-reviewed," "refereed" or "academic" journals. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology is a scholarly journal. Popular magazines have articles written by writers or journalists. Time or Newsweek are examples of popular magazine.
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Databases are great sources for finding information for your research paper. In the databases, you will find peer-reviewed or scholarly articles for your research. Journal Articles and Newspapers can be useful because you may find information on a topic that is so specific that no book has been written about it (and they may be more timely, since it takes some time to publish a book.)
Magazine and newspapers articles
Many of these Databases listed under the "Social Sciences" heading in the library's list of databases by subject will contain scholarly articles on criminal justice topics. Here are direct links to just a few. Remember to choose Full Text when available.
To access one of these journals, please click on the journal title and login with your BC Student ID# or BC PID# and your default password is MMDD of your birthday.
For a complete list of journals or to find additional titles, please consult the A-Z Journal Listing page.
To access one of these journals, please click on the journal title and login with your BC Student ID# or BC PID# and your default password is MMDD of your birthday.
For a complete list of journals or to find additional titles, please consult the A-Z Journal Listing page.
