Because of this, specialized terminology or a style particular to the discipline in question may be used. Examples of scholarly journals are titles like Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies , Journal of Southern History , or Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. In contrast, popular magazines are written, often by journalists, with a more general, non-specialist audience in mind. You might think of titles such as Business Week , Rolling Stone , or Time as examples of this type of publication. These sources generally do not include references.
Newspapers provide information about current events.
The audience for newspapers varies widely. Think, for example, of who reads the Wall Street Journal and who reads the University Daily Kansan and the types of information that these different papers contain. The purpose of reference sources is to help researchers quickly find a piece of information or to lead the researcher to other sources that will answer their question. Examples include dictionaries, almanacs, general and special encyclopedias, bibliographies, atlases, and journal indexes.