Scholarly Research Primer

Scholarly or Academic Research articles or journals usually share these characteristics.

• scholarly works are considered unbiased within their discipline and are backed up with evidence
• are published in academic, scholarly, scientific or empirical journals
• reports on original research  in specific academic fields
• results are generalizable across populations
• use a replicable research methodology
• their authors are most often experts in the field and have their credentials listed

When researching, you will want to use scholarly journal articles.