Question:What is a Scholarly Source?

A scholarly source is when the source of subject has been published in something like a book, magazine or website and is wrote by someone who is considered a professional or specialist in the subject.

A professional source. If you are debating evolution, say, Discover Magazine is not a scholarly source. It would be considered a secondary source. Primary sources are available in journals that specialize in a field of research, or at least...

Main purpose of the source is to report on original research or experimentation. -- Journal articles often contain many supporting graphs and charts but few glossy pages or exciting pictures and generally have a sober, serious look. -- Jour...

is science news a scholarly source?

Q: cant decide what is scholarly article and what isn't.

A: A scholarly article is generally considered one that is peer-reviewed. The best thing to do would be to research the publisher of the article to see what they say about themselves. Often times seeing references either in footnotes or a references page means the publisher conducts peer reviews, but that is not always the case. The only way to know for sure is to see what the publisher says. What I have read from the site indicates that it is not peer-reviewed, thus not scholarly. Many online libraries allow the criteria that the result be peer-reviewed as one of the search options. You may try your university's library.