Research Help Appointments Need help with your research? A reference librarian is like a tutor for finding and citing information. Schedule an appointment to get uninterrupted individual time with a librarian. Depending on your assignment, you may find yourself needing popular articles, scholarly articles, or both for your research. Popular Articles (Magazines, Newspapers, some Websites): Are often written by journalists or other non-academic writers. Written for the general public. Are often shorter than academic articles and edited for readability. May discuss studies without citing them. Examples: Time, People, The Wall Street Journal, LifeHacker.com Scholarly Articles (Journals, Conference Proceedings): Are written by faculty, professionals, researchers or scholars (biologists, programmers, sociologists, doctors, artists) for their colleagues. Use scholarly, professional or technical language. Are longer articles about research or evaluations of research. Include citations for sources and studies. Are often peer reviewed. Examples: Nature, Computational Biology, Perspectives on Political Science