CNX 211: The Life (and Death?) of Public Education in America
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Identifying Scholarly Research
Considering periodical publications:
- Physical/Visual clues:
- Design elements: color, graphics, advertisements, etc.
- Durability: quality of the physical object
- Publication frequency
- Audience:
- For whom is the content intended?
- What reading-level is required for the reader to
understand the content?
- What reading-level is required for the reader to
- For whom is the content intended?
- Authority:
- Is the author credentialed? Affiliated with an
organization or institution? - Who is the publisher?
- Are sources cited?
- Has the content gone through a peer-review or
refereed process?
- Is the author credentialed? Affiliated with an
- Clues in the publications's title:
- Scholarly periodicals often have at least one of the
following words in its title:- Journal | Review | Study/Studies | Research
- Quarterly, or one of the four seasons:
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
- Scholarly periodicals often have at least one of the
Peer Review Explained
Video created by NCSU Libraries.
Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction
What is citation? Why do we cite?
How to Read Scholarly Articles
Librarians at the City Colleges of Chicago Harold Washington Library created a fabulous guide on How to Read Scholarly Articles. Read the first three pages only-- the fourth page is specific to their library!
The scientific method
Scientific method: a method of procedure that has characterized natural science
since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment,
and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses. --From the Mac OS Dictionary, Version 2.1.3.
Sample words found in publications likely indicating a scientific/scholarly approach informed an author's work:
Evidence | Data | Empirical | Experiment | Survey | Interview | Ethnographic | Study | Observation | Research