Penn State University Libraries - PSU 016: First Year Seminar in Premedicine

TRADE JOURNAL
Definition: A publication focused on informing a particular profession, industry or business audience about current events, relevant discussions, controversies, procedures, reports on research and other relevant up-to-date information. They are often published by professional organizations:

• JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)
• JAOA (Journal of the American Osteopathic Association)
  

For your assignment browse relevant association Websites for trade publications:
Eberly College of Science: Directory of Health Professions & Related Web sites

PEER REVIEWED OR SCHOLARLY JOURNAL
Definition: Includes articles on original research studies, which have been reviewed by peers in a field or profession, prior to publication.  In the sciences, the articles translate the scientific methodology into a format that includes the following sections: Title, Author, Abstract, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and/or Conclusion, References.

• Anatomy of a Scholarly Article tutorial from NCSU provides a great visual example.
• Citation and Writing Guides Whenever you use sources such as books, journals, or Web sites in your research papers you must give credit to the original author by properly citing the sources.