Understanding Scholarly/Academic Research
- What is Scholarly/Academic Research?
- Structure of a Scholarly Article
- Peer Review & Relevance
- Mixed Methods
- Evaluating Online Sources
- Seminal Works
- Impact Metrics
- Risk of Bias Assessment
- Supplemental Searching
- Open-Access Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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Video: How to Read a Scholarly Article
Video Credit: Western University
Scholarly research articles or journals share these characteristics:
- scholarly works are considered unbiased within their discipline and are backed up with evidence
- are published in academic, scholarly, scientific or empirical journals
- reports on original research in a specific academic fields
- results are generalizable across populations
- use a research methodology that is replicable
- their authors are most often experts in the field and have their credentials listed
The structure of a scholarly article includes:
- a hypothesis: a proposed question
- a methods section
- conclusions
- suggestions for further research
- a citation reference list
All content in the library is credible, but not all of it is scholarly
Credible vs Scholarly
All content in the Library is credible, but not all of it is scholarly
These content formats are NOT scholarly
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- Last Updated: Nov 11, 2024 12:06 PM
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