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The APA Style Guide: via the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) website and the APA Online Handbook.
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS or just Chicago) via the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Chicago website and the online Chicago Manual of Style.
Librarians at the City Colleges of Chicago Harold Washington Library created a fabulous guide on How to Read Scholarly Articles. Read the three pages linked below only-- the fourth page is specific to their library!
What is scholarly? Most first-semester first-year college students have never engaged with scholarly publications, such as scholarly journals -- and that's fine! The librarians have no expectation that any of you would have access to such materials in high school.
The Anatomy of a Scholarly Article Learn the common characteristics of scholarly articles published in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Strategies for Reading This page offers helpful tips for reading and understanding scholarly articles.
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