As we have mentioned, there are differences between popular magazines and scholarly journal articles. With scholarly articles, a peer-review board of experts evaluate the content for accuracy, originality, currency, and authority (def'n).

You should still ask yourself these questions to help you with interpreting content of the articles.

Questions to keep in mind:

• What theories were used?
• Are there good references?
• Is it primary research or a review article?
• What biases does the author have or how was the author's point of view influenced?
• Did the author make any assumptions?
• Did the author do a good job of supporting his/her argument?