Popular Sources
These sources are intended for use by the general public.
They:
- May be online, in print, or both
- Include some books, as well as magazines, newspapers, blogs, web sites, product catalogs, and reviews, and company annual reports
- Are published on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
- Can take anywhere from a day (newspapers) to months (in-depth magazine articles) to produce
- Are written by paid journalists or authors who may not have scholarly expertise
- May report on current trends and events as well as research from scholarly sources
- Often do not include bibliographies or lists of sources
- May be reviewed by editors or may be self-published
- Are selected by librarians for the Library's collection based on subjects that students and faculty research here at Menlo