Scholarly Article Info

Question 1

Scholarly article

Answer 1

Written by researchers or experts in a field to share the results of their original research analysis with other researchers or students. The articles often go through process known as peer review with the articles reviewed by a group of experts in the field of study.

Question 2

Scholarly article criteria

Answer 2

• written by experts
• original research or analysis
• intention is to share with interested parties
• can be peer reviewed

Question 3

Peer review

Answer 3

The process of subjecting, an author scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. Peer review is intended to serve two primary purposes. Firstly, it access as a filter to ensure that only high-quality research is published, especially in reputable journals, by determining validity, significance, and originality of a study. Secondly, peer review is intended to improve the quality of manuscripts that are deemed suitable for publication. Peer reviewers provide suggestions to authors on how to improve the quality of their manuscripts, and identify any errors that need correcting before publication.

Question 4

Scholarly resources

Answer 4

• peer reviewed journals
• scholarly or academic journals
• open source academic journals

Question 5

Non-scholarly resourses

Answer 5

• trade or industry
• news or opinion
• popular or tabloid

Question 6

How do I know if a journal is scholarly?

Answer 6

Try Ulrichsweb

Question 7

What is this black sign?

Answer 7

It means it’s peer reviewed

Question 8

How to read an article

Answer 8

• read the abstract first
• then, read the introduction, discussion, and conclusion
• review the methodology/methods
• read the details in the results and analysis
• check the references

Question 9

Anatomy of a scholarly article

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• bibliographic information (author)
• abstract
• introduction
• methodology/ materials & methods (sparement)
• results
• analysis (of the results)
• discussion
• references & conclusions

Question 10

Dissertation Toolbox

Answer 10

• evaluating & using information
• grey literature (anything that your research may be about but isn’t your scholarly article)
• scholarly articles & definitions

Question 11

National Library University

Answer 11

library.nu.edu

Question 12

APA Publication Manual Website

Answer 12

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines
(Chapters 8-11)

Question 13

Parenthetical vs Narrative in text citations

Answer 13

Parenthetical: (Luna, 2020)
Narrative: Luna (2020)

Question 14

In-text citation formats

Answer 14

• can have multiple sources in one set of parentheses, i.e., when you are summarizing the point of multiple studies (8.12)
• can site specific parts of a source, e.g., include page numbers (8.13)
• sources can have multiple authors or group authors (8.17)

Question 15

Four elements of reference

Answer 15

Author- who?
Date- when?
Title- what?
Source- where?