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Other types of journals and newspapers

The following publications do not undergo peer review, but are still reliable sources that will be useful for many types of research:

Professional/Trade Journals
Popular Journals/Magazines
Foreign Policy
The Economist
Foreign Affairs
The Atlantic Monthly

Newspapers are often useful for researching current events:

New York Times
Washington Post

If you are unsure of whether to use newspapers, journals, or books, you may want to review the information timeline portion of the Introduction to Library Research tutorial.

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You should never use articles from non-scholarly magazines.

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