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MDST*1010 Lecture 2: Analyzing Academic Articles P1

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Analyzing Academic Articles By: Amanda Graham
What is an academic article?
-Writing based on original research or experimentation.
-written by a researcher or expert in the field who is often affiliated with a college
or university.
-includes references.
-appears in scholarly journals or book that are published by academic presses.
-subject to a peer-review process, which means that other "experts" or specialist
in the field evaluate the quality and originality of the research.
Pre-Reading Questions
-What is the article’s purpose? Is it to advance knowledge in a particular field? To
encourage political change? To make people in a given professional field better
at their jobs?
-Who is the article’s audience? If written for the general public, it’s not an
academic article. If written for scholars and post-secondary students, it is an
academic article.
-What is the article about? What is the author’s thesis?
-What is the author’s background and what are their qualifications? Knowing
these helps to define the trustworthiness, the significance, or the importance of
the conclusions reached in the article. Qualifications can also signify the slant or
focus of the article.
-Does the author cite sources? What sources does the author use?
-Check the foot- or endnotes & look at the reference list: has the author looked at
sources that concentrate on a particular kind of information or point of view?
Reading
-Highlight and make notes!
-The title and subtitle of the article often indicate its main concern of the article,
the direction of the interpretation, and sometimes the timeframe being examined.
-If there is an abstract, this will give you an overview of the article as will the intro
and conclusion.
-Pay close attention to adjectives and adverbs, which give a clear sense of an
author’s perspective.
-Be sure to differentiate between when the author is discussing their own views
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Writing based on original research or experimentation. If written for the general public, it"s not an academic article. If written for scholars and post-secondary students, it is an academic article. Knowing these helps to define the trustworthiness, the significance, or the importance of the conclusions reached in the article. Qualifications can also signify the slant or focus of the article. The title and subtitle of the article often indicate its main concern of the article, the direction of the interpretation, and sometimes the timeframe being examined. If there is an abstract, this will give you an overview of the article as will the intro and conclusion. Pay close attention to adjectives and adverbs, which give a clear sense of an author"s perspective. Be sure to differentiate between when the author is discussing their own views and what others have said about the subject. Look for clues like: as professor ______ says, . or dr. ______ argues that .

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If asked to write a paper based on recent scholarly information, what would be the most appropriate source?
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A. is set off by a comma from
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A. keywords
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A. Scholarly journals never includevisuals.
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