Scholarly journal articles (also called peer-reviewed, academic, refereed) are the best types of articles for psychology literature reviews and other assignments. Most upper-level classes require the use of scholarly articles in literature reviews. It is important to use scholarly articles in your assignments because they:
- provide higher quality information than popular magazines
- show you the work of other psychologists
- offer research findings rather than unfounded opinions.
Check out the "Scholarly or Popular?" video tutorial to learn the differences between scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal articles and popular magazine articles.