Goals and agenda
Goals:
- Explain the difference between popular and scholarly articles.
- Use different types of information appropriately in a research paper.
- Define literature review.
- Find articles for your literature review.
Agenda:
- Define scholarly articles
- Using evidence: Primary vs. secondary
- Define literature review
- Generate keywords
- Databases searching
- APA references
Scholarly journal articles
- Popular, Scholarly, and Reference articles.This chart breaks down the types of articles you may find in your research (scholarly, magazine, reference, etc.) and the contexts in which they are created.
Primary, secondary, and tertiary information
- Primary and secondary sources: a short overviewFrom American University. This is a one-page review.
- Some characteristics of primary, secondary, & tertiary SourcesData is a primary source; your research paper is secondary because it interprets the data and other information to reach a conclusion.
- Government Data Rescue (University of VA)The U.S. Government is a major contributor to publicly available data, But many datasets have recently been removed from government websites. Various universities and nonprofits are working to preserve vulnerable data.
Literature review
Definition: Like an annotated bibliography, a literature review is a paper or section of a paper that reviews what's already been published on your research topic.
Unlike an annotated bibliography, a literature review is written in a standard paper format, with citations grouped together on the last page.
Literature review: a scholarly conversation
Some people think of literature review as being like a party where there are lots of conversations happening at once.
Here's a 2-minute video illustrating this metaphor:
Your literature review is an overview of all the conversations going on at the party, highlighting where guests agree and disagree, and what questions are still unanswered.
- Literature Review ExampleAn extract from a scholarly article, calling out the elements of a literature review.
- Try citation chaining with Google ScholarA great way to orient yourself in a scholarly conversation. Like many other databases, Google Scholar will tell you what research papers have cited each other.
- Open Knowledge MapsUse this AI visualizer for a better understanding of the scholarly conversation on your topic.
Peer review
Before they can be published, research articles often go through a rigorous refinement process called peer-review.
- Peer review: a quick PreziScholarly articles go through a unique editorial process called PEER REVIEW. Scroll through this Prezi for a quick visual overview of the Scholarly Publication and peer review process.