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These are popular and trade magazines. They do not contain scholarly articles. 
 

Popular Science is in Proquest.

Science Daily is an online news service.

Chemical Week is in Proquest.

Scientific American is in EBSCO.

How to Identify Scholarly Articles

USC Libraries Definition of Scholarly vs Popular vs Industry

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Oxidation Reactions              Climate Change, carbon cycle                        Nuclear Chemistry          

Carbon Nanotubes                 Liquid Chromatography                                  Semiconductors

Acid Base Chemistry              Crystalline Materials                                       New Chemical Elements

Chemical Equilibrium             Ozone, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)            Forensic  Chemistry

Each Group will search given search term. Search in the two different resources. Select a reporter for your group to talk about findings.

Answer:

How are these articles different? 
(Hints:  Article sections, references, language, title...)
Who would use these articles? 
What were you surprised to find?

GROUP ONE

Search:  Photosynthesis

IN:
Popular Science 
and  
Proquest - select Scholarly Journals and Full Text

GROUP TWO 

Search: Wine

IN: 
Chemical Week
and
Biomedical Reference Edition - select Scholarly Articles.  Select an article that has the most to do with chemical processes.

GROUP THREE 

Search:  Rust and Corrosion 
IN:
Scientific American
Use "search within this publication"
and
AGRICOLA - select Full Text and Scholarly Articles. Make sure your selection is a scholarly article. 

GROUP FOUR 

Search: Electrochemistry
IN:
Science Daily
and 
ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry: select Full Text and Scholarly articles. Make sure your selection is a scholarly article.