Finding an article in a magazine or journal

Some of the most reliable, authoritative sources of information for your research are journal articles. Journals are a type of periodical that are considered more scholarly than magazines.  

• Magazines are written for a general interest audience, while journals are written to communicate with a scholarly audience.

• Newsweek is an example of a magazine.

• An example of a journal would be the Journal of the American Medical Association.  

• Your instructors at CCA generally want you to find journal articles as sources for your research, not magazine articles. 

• The CCA Library has print subscriptions to approximately 120 magazines and journals.

• The library keeps 1-2 years’ worth of issues of these magazines and journals on the shelves.

• Check the library first if you’re looking for an article published very recently.

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