Scholarly Literature

Literature has its own definition when it comes to purpose. The diversification in writing an article or a journal depends upon the reason behind its writing. There are various types of literature that amaze us with their being in existence. For example, if we talk about Popular Literature, it would include journals and articles that are written in favour of a NEWS company or a magazine. These cover current happenings in and around a place, an interview of a well known person, or even political views.

SCHOLARLY LITERATURE, on the other hand is written by experts in a particular field. People who are carrying out some kind of research and are funded by some college or academic institutes are the authors of scholarly literary papers. These papers are written by researchers and submitted in favour of the editors who go through the matter in the paper thoroughly before publishing it in educational journals. 

If the content and research material in the paper is satisfactory enough to the editor, only then it will find a place in a journal. The purpose of a scholarly literary article is to establish and spread out research and ideas that have been derived after many years of studying. Generally, these papers are written to spread the knowledge among fellow scholars and also academic students working in the relevant field. These papers cover content that focus on very specific subjects which can only be decoded by the people working in those subjects. The prime characteristic of these papers is that they hardly have any basic information given, that is, they leap over to the main content very quickly. It is assumed that the reader of the paper will have all his concepts clear about the matter. 

A lot of references are included in scholarly materials. It is an obvious fact that while studying in details about a topic, one would need a lot of information from various sources. So when a person writes a paper, he/she must include all the names and sources which have helped him/her to lay down a new theory. Scholarly literary materials include in details all the gradual steps that have led the researcher come to the conclusion. These articles are generally lengthy ones and often continue for over 5 pages. The different subjects on which scholary literature are written are:

·        HISTORY: A new concept about the reason of perishing of an age old civilization, a theory on the English colonial rule or many such subjects can be part of a historic literary article. Historians study day and night to find connection between happenings of today’s world with the past.

·        SCIENCE: This is a field where maximum research is conducted every day. Be it something based on physics or biology or maybe something interrelated to both; the new theories will find place in a journal primarily and then proved to reality only after application. The science journals include medicine, anthropology, electronics and a much wider domain under it. Science has many interrelated branches which are deeply connected to each other. So if there is a new theory in one domain, many consequent new researches start their procedure.

·        ECONOMICS: This is a domain that is designed specially to tackle the finance of the world. Researchers, after years of observation deduce a theory that may improve the economy of a country. But before implementation, these theories are carefully studied by various economists around the world who give their reviews and ideas about the relevance and practicality of the theory. Only if these conditions are surpassed, the theory finds its place on a journal.