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User comments on Popular vs Scholarly Sources
4.47 stars
Average rating 4.57 of 5
(1 = not effective, 5 = very effective)
4,111 responses

Shown below are the 200 most recent comments as of January 24, 2024.

Date Rating Comments
January 23, 2024 5 very useful
January 23, 2024 5 I found this quiz very easy to obtain knowledge
January 22, 2024 5 I felt this was very helpful because I had to look at every part of the article to tell if it was scholarly or popular
January 19, 2024 5 Really good.
January 17, 2024 5 It was very interesting to see how sources change and can be identified as either Scholarly or popular
January 17, 2024 5 Great tutorial!
January 17, 2024 5 good
January 17, 2024 4 interactive is very nice
January 17, 2024 4 I liked how it helps distinguish types of sources just from their citations
January 17, 2024 5 I like how interactive it was.
December 06, 2023 5 somewhat common knowledge but still helpful for online research.
December 04, 2023 1 hated it
December 03, 2023 5 Helpful and informative tutorial.
December 03, 2023 5 Enjoyed and useful!
December 01, 2023 5 n/a\r\n
December 01, 2023 4 I liked it
November 30, 2023 5 This was very informative! Helped me understand the large differences between popular and scholarly sources that I may have not known before. This information will be useful when writing research essays.
November 29, 2023 5 This tutorial was very straightforward and effective. I enjoyed it.
November 29, 2023 5 Learning the differences in scholarly sources and popular sources will be extremely beneficial when trying to write an essay in the future.
November 29, 2023 5 Good!
November 28, 2023 5 Very helpful
November 27, 2023 5 Great resource
November 26, 2023 5 Great!
November 23, 2023 5 na
November 08, 2023 4 YES, very effective
November 06, 2023 5 it was very well made
November 06, 2023 5 Easy to follow, informative
November 02, 2023 5 It was useful, helpful and informative\r\n
November 01, 2023 5 interesting titles
October 29, 2023 5 Great tutorial, thanks!
October 29, 2023 5 The tutorial was very straight forward and easy to understand with the examples.
October 28, 2023 5 I thought this was a great refresher and reminder on the difference between scholarly and popular works.
October 26, 2023 5 Very helpful!\r\n
October 25, 2023 3 Easy to understand
October 25, 2023 5 I have taken this test 12 times, and still trying to figure out how to get credit for it or to send myself a copy of the results.
October 25, 2023 5 I appreciated this it honestly did help me understand the differences between sources.
October 25, 2023 5 The test for examples is a good review.
October 25, 2023 1 I think this is information most college students already know.
October 25, 2023 4 I think it was very informative!
October 24, 2023 5 I enjoyed it
October 23, 2023 5 It was beneficial!!
October 22, 2023 5 very informative
October 19, 2023 5 Very informative and straightforward.
October 18, 2023 5 I thought this tutorial was beneficial in helping me understand the difference between the two.
October 17, 2023 5 This really helped me to know the difference between the two sources.
October 17, 2023 4 It was very imformational but quick to understand
October 17, 2023 4 Explain why page length is important when considering popular versus scholarly sources
October 16, 2023 5 Very helpful!
October 16, 2023 5 Good tool for learning
October 16, 2023 5 loved this!
October 16, 2023 5 Thought the tutorial was sufficient to demonstrated how to quickly identify the type of sources.
October 16, 2023 2 Basic
October 15, 2023 5 This was really informative!
October 15, 2023 4 Great!
October 15, 2023 3 Having had to do the layout and typesetting of hundreds of scholarly journal articles, I'd disagree that a length of 3 pages gives one the idea that an article is popular rather than scholarly.
October 15, 2023 2 I think this is information that most college students already know.
October 15, 2023 5 Clear explanations; easy to understand.
October 15, 2023 5 I appreciate the structure of the content!
October 15, 2023 5 I thought this tutorial was great and was able to show the differences between popular and scholarly sources.
October 15, 2023 2 This seems like common knowledge.
October 15, 2023 5 Im very exited to learn about religion, since I have little knowledge about it.
October 15, 2023 4 Tutorial was quick and to the point, but could have used a touch more information.
October 14, 2023 4 I appreciate the thought provoking prompts with each question.
October 14, 2023 5 Very nice tutorial. Easy
October 13, 2023 4 Great brief overview of scholarly sources verse popular.
October 13, 2023 5 I liked this format of learning and then testing knowledge. It was very straightforward and easy to understand.
October 13, 2023 2 aoiwjfrewf
October 13, 2023 5 it was clear
October 12, 2023 5 Amazing
October 12, 2023 5 The quiz looks very easy but they challenge you to understand the difference. Popular and scholarly journals are kind of similar but very different. i learnt a lot from just taking the quiz.
October 12, 2023 2 It had very basic information but covered enough for me to understand the difference.
October 12, 2023 5 I love using this quick tutorial for my students!
October 12, 2023 5 Frankly, I'm far beyond this in my own education, so this feels like frustrating busy work. But it's an excellent tool for young students who are just starting out.
October 12, 2023 5 wonderful
October 12, 2023 1 I've read some pretty short scholarly articles.
October 12, 2023 5 Thank You!
October 06, 2023 5 The tutorial is just fine in my opinion
October 06, 2023 5 Easy to follow.
October 06, 2023 5 Easy to follow and understand.
October 05, 2023 4 It was very informative and the quiz was good.
October 04, 2023 5 Great
October 03, 2023 3 more examples needed
October 03, 2023 5 Thanks! This will be great to use with my ESL students.
October 03, 2023 2 po
October 03, 2023 5 cool
October 02, 2023 5 Helpful.
September 26, 2023 5 Very amusing
September 26, 2023 5 Very informative
September 25, 2023 1 A high school student ought research preparation.
September 22, 2023 5 very direct and helpful with telling the difference between scholars and poplar sources
September 21, 2023 5 I thought it was fun and an interactive way of showing me how to use this format.
September 20, 2023 5 Very informative
September 19, 2023 5 I thought this was very informative
September 19, 2023 2 It was common knowledge I didn't even read the tutorial beforehand but it is good to refresh my memory.
September 19, 2023 5 I really enjoyed this!
September 19, 2023 5 I loved it. I learned many new things!
September 19, 2023 4 good knowledgeable
September 15, 2023 5 unga gunga agunga guna unga gunga
September 15, 2023 5 great
September 15, 2023 5 This was especially helpful.
September 15, 2023 3 It helped with identifying sources
September 14, 2023 5 Very effective
September 13, 2023 5 I really liked the quiz; it gives helpful information about popular and scholarly resources.
September 12, 2023 4 I learned something.
September 12, 2023 4 It seemed to be ok.
September 06, 2023 5 It was very helpful
September 06, 2023 5 Students should be able to differentiate popular and scholarly recourses. This tutorial was helpful for me to understand the difference between the scholarly journals and popular ones even more better
August 30, 2023 5 I learned the difference between Popular and Scholarly Sources and how we can use them in the reading comprehension and writing process.
August 29, 2023 5 informational
August 29, 2023 5 amazing
August 29, 2023 5 I enjoyed the tutorial. Thank you!
August 28, 2023 5 great work.
August 28, 2023 5 It's so interactive and interesting. It's a good way to learn how to difference popular and scholarly sources.
August 28, 2023 5 Awesome.
August 28, 2023 4 Very simple, but gets the point across
August 28, 2023 4 Unique way to engage!
August 28, 2023 4 Unique way to engage!
August 28, 2023 5 Good to know what sources are considered scholarly and which are considered popular. Thank you for the help!
August 28, 2023 5 This was a very helpful tool for distinguishing between popular sources, no matter how prominent, from scholarly sources.
August 28, 2023 5 I defiantly learned a lot between the articles!
August 28, 2023 5 This was a great way to learn!!
August 28, 2023 5 It is very helpful tutorial . thank you
August 28, 2023 4 lesson one was short but to the point!
August 28, 2023 5 good
August 28, 2023 4 I thought it was fun to analyze the citations!
August 27, 2023 5 I loved the interactive lesson.
August 27, 2023 5 This tutorial was great! Definitely will help me out looking for articles.
August 27, 2023 5 None
August 27, 2023 5 This tutorial was very useful.
August 27, 2023 5 It was quick and simple
August 27, 2023 5 good
August 26, 2023 5 This was very easy to understand and the quiz was nice and to the point.
August 25, 2023 5 I thought this tutorial was intresting and easy to understand
August 24, 2023 4 Good
August 24, 2023 5 Was very informative
August 24, 2023 4 good
August 24, 2023 4 goofy
August 23, 2023 5 Easy to follow!
August 22, 2023 5 good information to have available\r\n
August 22, 2023 5 I thought that the tutorial was quick but very informative!
August 22, 2023 4 Easy to understand, memorize, and the test questions were very thought provoking. I will have to see how I fair in actual research before I can say it's effective.
August 22, 2023 5 It was simple
August 21, 2023 4 Pretty easy knowing the difference between popular vs scholarly sources.
August 19, 2023 5 This was really educational with the basic and main facts needed for the quiz.
August 18, 2023 5 I enjoyed it! Effective !
August 18, 2023 5 easy to understand
August 17, 2023 5 It’s pretty straight forward, appropriate length and amount of information plus examples
August 17, 2023 1 It was only unhelpful because I knew it already, but I did it because class required it.
August 16, 2023 5 Very easy to follow and understand
August 16, 2023 5 it was good tutorial
August 14, 2023 3 I enjoyed this tutorial!
August 14, 2023 3 I believe this is a great introduction to the difference between a popular and scholarly piece
August 12, 2023 5 nice
August 11, 2023 5 It helped me distinguish between popular and scholarly pieces better.
August 08, 2023 5 Loved it!
August 08, 2023 5 Really helped me understand the difference
August 04, 2023 5 The way to enter in terms in the search bar was very useful. Thank you
July 13, 2023 2 It basically taught me that less pages = popular source and more pages = scholarly source, which I don't think is true. Should explain why it is or isn't even when you get it right
July 08, 2023 5 It was quick and easy to understand, yet still provided useful knowledge.
July 08, 2023 4 Could go further into describing the different sources and showing more examples in the first part. The quiz required a lot of background knowledge on popular magazines and such that many individuals may not know and might be left guessing rather than learning the difference.
July 07, 2023 5 Amazing UI, from the tech team at Arizona, along with the quiz slides containing relevant examples to this tutorial about Popular vs Scholarly Sources. Thank you Arizona Libraries!
June 28, 2023 3 good
June 20, 2023 4 Popular vs Scholar Sources helped me dictate the difference on certain topic sources.
June 20, 2023 4 It was good. I didn't know the difference between scholarly and popular. I thought it was all the same thing.
June 08, 2023 5 Definitely helpful. It got me thinking about what I am reading, and by whom it was written.
May 23, 2023 1 i dont like this
May 22, 2023 3 na
May 19, 2023 4 Difficult for me to rate given I've worked in libraries for twenty-five years and am I history major. I'd be curious to see the results of someone less familiar with scholarly versus popular sources. Thank you.
May 08, 2023 5 Elemental and effective
May 04, 2023 5 This process is fluent. Super!
May 04, 2023 5 This tutorial was very easy to understand and provided good information.
May 04, 2023 4 very short, but taught me the clear difference
May 04, 2023 3 this tutorial did not have a video which I believe made it less effective.
May 02, 2023 5 helped me understand
May 02, 2023 4 This tutorial was helpful helping me identify the different types of sources.
May 02, 2023 5 great
May 02, 2023 5 It was interesting to point out which source was which. This was helpful to distinguish what sources are better than others when trying to find which articles to use.
May 02, 2023 5 Very helpful
April 30, 2023 5 it was useful
April 30, 2023 5 It was pretty great!
April 30, 2023 3 I found this a bit quirky, and hard to evaluate because the material was so familiar to me.
April 30, 2023 3 It didn't really show me anything that I didn't already know. It was a decent reminder for what to look for, I guess?
April 27, 2023 5 I think it was good and helped me get better understanding on the main differences
April 27, 2023 5 5
April 25, 2023 5 nice
April 25, 2023 5 Not too bad it was a nice quiz to develop my understanding of sources.
April 22, 2023 5 Very easy to use and absolutely fun and interactive way to learn. Thank you!
April 20, 2023 3 aight
April 20, 2023 4 First slide did not show us what to look for whether it was a scholarly journal or popular magazine . From the quiz you normally look at the amount of pages the journal/magazine has without looking at the front cover of it.
April 13, 2023 5 It was fun!
April 12, 2023 5 it had nice citations\r\n
April 11, 2023 5 good
April 08, 2023 5 The information provided about the distinctive qualities of a popular article and a scholarly article is optimal knowledge that enables an individual to choose the adequate article s for analysis when partaking in research.
April 05, 2023 5 Short and sweet! Very good.
April 04, 2023 4 Solving this quiz has helped me learn more about the difference between popular sources and academic sources, this could help me in college when I have to do a research paper.
March 30, 2023 3 it was ok
March 28, 2023 5 It helps to know more about the characteristics from both of them.
March 27, 2023 5 great!
March 27, 2023 5 I enjoyed this sort of assignment, it was very informative while not being tedious and long. Got the point across very well, I like that there is a test at the end that made me really understand and solidify the concept.
March 26, 2023 4 4 stars\r\nThis tutorial was effective and very useful. Thank you.