Articles may be written by staff writers who are not named. Magazine articles often do not include a list of references at the end of the article. Without a list of references you may have little way of knowing where the author got the information presented in the article. Therefore, the information may or may not be reliable. This is not to say that you should not use information from a magazine article.
Some magazines are quiet professional and reliable.
Others, however, are not. For this reason, magazine articles should always be evaluated carefully before use. If you have any questions about a magazine, please ask a Librarian for help. Articles in journals must be approved by a board of experts before they can be published. Be sure to read through the list of references.