How to identify newspaper and magazine articles Library Research Skills Tutorial

Newspaper articles are short articles, written to inform the general public about local, national and international news and current events.

They are written by journalists, do not contain citations or reference lists, and generally have short titles meant to grab the reader's attention.

Newspaper articles are a type of primary source and are not considered scholarly, peer reviewed or academic.

but you’re not sure if it’s a newspaper or magazine article? Did you find an article but you’re not sure if it’s a newspaper or magazine article?

Newspaper articles are not always obvious from the search results

This result is from an article database

And this one is from the Discovery Search

But only one indicates that the article is actually news

Clicking on the title in the results list shows that this is a short article

It has a short, catchy title

And it does not contain citations or a reference list

Magazine articles are written to inform or entertain the general public about current events.

They are written by journalists, do not contain citations or reference lists, and generally have short titles meant to grab the reader's attention.

Magazine articles are not considered scholarly, peer reviewed or academic.

Magazine articles are not always obvious from the search results either

But magazine articles, like newspaper articles, tend to have short, catchy titles

Clicking on the results list shows that this is a short article (759 words)

In the article there are no citations or a reference list either

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