The scholarly article I read about my topic, Native American Casino Gambling in Wisconsin and Minnesota, was very interesting. It was written in very formal language, had an absrtact at the beginning, and had many sources listed at the end. It went pretty in depth on the topic.
The popular magazine article was from USA Today magazine. It also had an abstract which I thought was interesting. I think it only had an abstract because it was from the academic search premier website. I have never seen magazine articles in an actual magazine that have an abstract. The language it used was not as advanced as the scholarly article and it was shorter in length. There was not a source list at the bottom of where they got their informaton from.
Both articles had good information overall. I guess I would trust the scholarly one to be more accurate since it has been peer reviewed and checked over for accuracy, but I trust USA Today magazine enough to believe that they would publish factual information. I enjoyed reading the popular magazine one more because it was a little less boring and easier to follow.
Janke, J., & Gerlach, J. (2002). Native American Casino Gambling in Wisconsin and Minnesota. American Geographical Society's Focus On Geography, 47(2), 14.
Layng, A. (1996). Indian casinos: Past precedents and future prospects. USA Today Magazine, 124(2610), 70.
Hi Kristy,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your article comparison. You are right--popular magazine article normally do not have abstracts.
The USA Today article was published in 1996; it may be a valuable resource for historical purposes, but it might not be the most current at this time (for example, if they gave a count of how many tribal casinos are in the US). It is possible that, over the past sixteen years, that the number of tribal casinos (and, perhaps, the number of states where tribal casinos are located) have increased. Something to look into!
Sincerely,
Professor Wexelbaum