Scholarly journals are subject-oriented periodicals normally published monthly, quarterly or annually.  Journal titles often contain one of the following words:  Journal, Review, Studies, Notes, Annals, Archives, Quarterly. Examples:     Journal of Abnormal Psychology                     Modern Fiction Studies                     Notes and Queries                     Review of Higher Education                     Film Quarterly   Popular magazines are general interest, entertainment or culture-related periodicals published weekly or monthly.  Magazines are available for purchase by the issue at newstands. Examples:      Time                       Fortune                       Vanity Fair                       Good Housekeeping                       Psychology Today   Professional, trade and technical periodicals contain articles written by occupational or technical specialists to note important issues or advances in their fields. Examples:       American Machinist                       Hotel and Motel Management                       Real Estate Forum                       Research and Development                       Restaurant Business Characteristics of Journals and Magazines JOURNALS                                                           MAGAZINES Longer articles                                                       1 or 2-page articles Few or no photographs                                           Many color photos Contain references                                                  No references Plain format                                                            Glossy format   What kinds of periodicals are in Library databases? A Select Guide SCHOLARLY DATABASES ABI/Inform (Business)                                 Art Abstracts                                                    ERIC  (Education)                                           JSTOR Medline  (Medicine)                                            MLA  (Literature) PsycINFO  (Psychology) GENERAL DATABASES (contain articles from both scholarly journals and popular magazines) EBSCO Academic Premier InfoTrac (these two databases have Peer-Reviewed and Refereed limiters to focus on scholarly journals)   Lexis Nexis Academic (contains magazines, trade publications, newspapers and scholarly journals, especially the Law Review section of the Legal Research database.  Ask a librarian if you are not sure which part of Lexis Nexis to use.   MAGAZINE DATABASES Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Sociological Abstracts                                          Thomas Trone Spring 2002