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Types of Journals
There are various types of journals including:

academic/scholarly journals

trade journals

current affairs/opinion magazines

popular magazines

newspapers

The following table reveals a comparison of the various types of journals available:

Academic/Scholarly Current Affairs/ Popular

Features Trade Journals
Newspapers
Journals Opinion Magazines Magazines
To inform, report, and To report on industry trends, To offer in-depth reporting and To entertain and To disseminate
make available original new products or techniques feature articles without inform without news on a daily
Purpose
research and new to people in a specific trade, scholarly conventions. providing in-depth or weekly
findings. business or profession. analysis. basis.

Often devoted to a Cover practical information Cover a wide range of topics Often focused on Encompass
single discipline or related to a field or industry. of interest to the readership.  a particular current events
subdiscipline. Be aware of the predominant subject or hobby in politics,
Subject
philosophical/political stance but may also sport, leisure,
of the editorial board. cover a variety of religion and
topics. business.

Articles often reviewed No peer review process. No peer review process. No peer review No peer review
Peer by an author's peers process, may be process.
Review before publication. reviewed by an
Process editor or editorial
board.

Mainly held in libraries Mainly held in libraries or on Many titles available from Available in Available in
or on subscription- subscription-based major newsagents, public supermarkets newsagents.
based databases - few databases.  Commonly libraries and some university and newsagents.
Access
are freely available on available as part of libraries.
the WWW. professional / trade
association membership.

American Economic Advertising Age Bulletin (Sydney) Readers Digest Australian

Review Financial
Nursing Times Current Affairs Bulletin National Review
Australian Journal of Geographic
Examples Drug Topics Scientific American
Psychology Morning
New Idea Bulletin
Time (Sydney)
Sports Illustrated Courier Mail

Adapted from: 

Camden-Carroll Library - Access Services, n.d., Distinction among types of periodicals, viewed 18 January 2006,
http://www.morehead-st.edu/library/access/index.aspx?id=6859

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