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