Pro: Popular magazine
articles focus on issues of current interest including
news and trends. Magazines articles must be approved
by an editor;therefore, they are considered more reliable
than websites. Sometimes popular magazines will provide search terms, URL's, authors or recent information that can be used in other parts of your research.
Con: Popular magazines do not undergo
a peer-review process and are not based on extensive research.
The articles are written by journalists, rather than researchers
and professors. Generally, they do not include a list of references
at the end, so you cannot trace the origins of the writer's ideas.
Additionally, magazines are often written for a specific audience and
may contain bias.
