1) A scholarly piece of writing is commonly written by an academic
2) A scholarly piece of writing commonly contains research that has been done in a systematic fashion. This means that the person is not reflecting upon her/his experiences as a psychologist or her observations as a social worker. Rather, the researcher has tried to use systematic methods to study a social issue.
3) A scholarly journal is commonly published by a University.
4) A scholarly journal commonly has an editorial board in which the members are associated with Universities.
5) A scholarly article/book always has citations at the end of the article
What IS NOT a scholarly journal/monograph?
1) A scholarly piece IS NOT a textbook.
2) A scholarly piece IS NOT a trade magazine, such as Time, Newsweek, etc.
3) A scholarly piece IS NOT something written by a reporter, unless that reporter discusses how s/he collected data in a systematic way.
4) A scholarly piece IS NOT a government publication.
5) A scholarly piece IS NOT another publication written by a non-profit group.
6) A scholarly piece IS NOT writing downloaded from the computer.
To get credit for your paper, your theory (cause) discussion must
include scholarly citatations.
You may use non-scholarly sources when discussing the social problem.
You must use scholarly sources for your solution to the social problem, however, you can supplement non-academic sources.