ESL 1340
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Finding and Understanding Scholarly Sources
Scenario: You have to write a short research paper for English 1021. Your professor requires that at least two of the articles you include in your works cited are scholarly.
Consider: What does scholarly mean? What makes a source scholarly? Why is your professor even requiring scholarly sources? How do you find a scholarly source and then read it?
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Instructions:
Find Your Group Number on the Google Doc below for your class time and write the name of each person in your group!
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Each group has been provided with a sample research question and keywords and a sample scholarly article or original research article.
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Skim headings of the article (ex. Introduction, Literature review)
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Identify a claim or research question (Hint: look in Abstract!)
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Identify the findings (Hint: Look in discussion/conclusion)
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Find one quote from an older article mentioned in the introduction or literature review
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(If there is one) Methodology: Identify a group studied
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Share out to the rest of the class
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