What is a scholarly source?

Have you ever been told to use a "scholarly" resource? Have you ever wondered what that means?

Our scholarly friends at Cornell University have made this information available to you on their website.

For a quick summary, here is Cornell's definition:

"A scholarly journal articles often have an abstract, a descriptive summary of the article contents, before the main text of the article.

Scholarly journals generally have a sober, serious look. They often contain many graphs and charts but few glossy pages or exciting pictures.

Scholarly journals always cite their sources in the form of footnotes or bibliographies. These bibliographies are generally lengthy and cite other scholarly writings."