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Scholarly Journals |
Trade Journals
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Magazines
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Written for |
Researchers, college
professors and college
students |
Professionals
within that field |
General public |
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Written by |
Researchers who are often college professors |
Professionals within that
field |
Professional writers |
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Appearance |
Covers:
Simple, using few colors
Advertisements: very few
Contains: Research results, charts,
graphs, statistics, or a few lines of music.
Published by: Universities
or professional
associations |
Covers:
Glossy with great photos
Advertisements: Many
Contains: Practical information
and lots of
advertisements useful to
working professionals
Published by: Professional
associations |
Covers:
Glossy with great photos Advertisements:
Many
Contains: Entertaining
information for the people
who read it for pleasure.
Published by:
Commercial publishers |
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Articles |
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are always signed.
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written in scholarly language
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are long, eight or more pages
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report research
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will be fully cited
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detailed bibliography
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reviewed by an editorial board
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might be signed.
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easy to read.
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report trends, news or practical
information for music professionals.
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will be short, 1
paragraph to a couple of pages.
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are likely to be illustrated. |
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might be signed.
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are easy to read.
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are read for pleasure.
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include lots of photographs
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report on current topics and events.
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Articles tend to be short. |
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Used for |
Journals report scholarly research and are read
by scholars and college students. They are
often the basis for further scholarly research
done by researchers.
They are used by
college students
doing research. |
Trade journals inform working
professionals on practical information, current
trends, products, and advertise conferences &
workshops. They might be used in college
research. Check with your professor. |
Popular magazines are written primarily for the
pleasure of the general public but they can also
inform and educate. They are not used
college-level research papers. They
are appropriate for
High School level work. |
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Scholarly Journals |
Trade Journals
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Magazines
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Cost |
Remarkably expensive, subscription
starts about $500. per year,
obtain from a university or college. |
Cost varies, less expensive, can come with a
professional membership |
Very reasonable, $5-15 per issue, subscriptions
bring the cost down. |
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Subject Access |
Wide
variety of online subscription databases, see
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Wide
variety of online subscription databases, see
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Academic Search Premier, Readers Guide |
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Sample
Titles
in the field of Music |
American Music
The Musical Times
Notes
Psychology of Music
Journal of Research In Music Education
The Musical Quarterly
Journal of Music Theory
Early Music |
Music Educators
Journal
Instrumentalist
American Music Teacher
The Music Trades
Performing Songwriter
Trombone
Symphony (New York) |
Downbeat
Rolling Stone Magazine
Guitar World
Jazz Times
Opera News
Sound and Vision |
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Sample Covers |
Journal of Music Theory
Scholarly Journal |
Music Educators Journal
Trade magazine |
JazzTimes
Popular Magazine |