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Scholarly sources come in different formats such as books, journal articles, and references resources. General characteristics of scholarly sources include
authors are experts or researchers
audience are researchers, experts and students
presents research, theories or research processes
opinion is supported by evidence
uses academic and technical language
includes citations and references
may include graphs, charts, tables or statistics
plain appearance, likely no photos
Scholarly Journal
Similar to a magazine but used to publish research in the form of journal articles written by researchers and scholars.