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Evaluating Articles Tutorial

Introduction

Types of Articles

Format/Structure

Author

Language

Illustrations/ Advertisements

Purpose

Audience

Peer Reviewed/ Refereed

Printable Checklist

 

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Types of Articles: Let's Get Started

Before we learn how to evaluate the articles, we need to know why there are different types of articles and what the differences mean when you are researching information.

There are five basic types of articles:

Scholarly
Trade
Popular
Substantive News and General Interest
Sensational
Each type of article presents information in diverse ways.

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September 19th, 2003