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History: Articles

Find recommended resources for history students.

Scholarly versus Popular

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

How to Find Articles in the Publications Listed Above

Watch a video to see how you can search for your topic using the approved list of newspapers and magazines for Dr. Carrigan's classes.

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