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READING FOR RESEARCH:
Lesson 5:
The Scholarly Journal Article
Using Articles for Research How to
APPROACH, EVALUATE ,and READ a Scholarly Journal Article
Term Paper Crunch Time:
How Can I Read All This...????
A College Student’s Approach to Reading for Research: You won’t have time to read everything all
the way through.
Get to know the material without reading it all BOOKS
ARTICLES
Analytical reading
How to “get to know” a Scholarly Journal Article:#1 - Find an ABSTRACT
#2 – Watch for “MAIN IDEAS”
#3 – Check out the CONCLUSION
#4 – Look at the REFERENCES
Looking for clues... that will help you apply the CRAAP Test
Full-Text Scholarly Journal Articles Available online in MANY of our
databases
You will learn how to use: ProQuest Central Ebsco – Academic Search Elite Google Scholar
to FIND these kinds of articles
Using the Database Record
1. CITATION
2. ABSTRACT
3. FULL TEXT
Anatomy of a Scholarly Journal Article Citation
Abstract
Conclusion
Main Ideas
References
Look for...
Author Bio Authority
Publication Date Currency
References Currency
CRAAP Criteria
Author Bio or Info
Often at bottom of first page of article.
Publication Date
In the article itself
References
• ALL research/analysis articles in scholarly journals will have references – the sources used • Typically appear at end of article
How to Read a Scholarly Journal Article