What is a scholarly source?

There seems to be some confusion over what does and does not count as a scholarly source. I posted some guidelines below to help you out with this. These are also posted under the Research Paper tab.

• Scholarly sources include articles from peer reviewed academic journals.
• Scholarly sources include books from university or other academic presses.
• Scholarly sources do not include textbooks.
• Scholarly sources do not include encyclopediae, dictionaries, atlases, or other tertiary-source reference literature.
• Scholarly sources include reports from intergovernmental organizations.
• Scholarly sources include primary records from government institutions.
• Scholarly sources do not include articles from popular magazines or non-peer reviewed periodicals (such as newspapers).
• Scholarly sources do not include Wikipedia or any other online sources unless they also conform to the categories above.
• If your source is not included in the categories labeled in blue, then it is not a scholarly source unless otherwise confirmed by your instructor.