IDST 1001
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Finding and Understanding Scholarly Sources
Scenario: You have to write a short interdisciplinary research paper for IDST 1001. 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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Article
Key terms for this activity:
Scholarly
Abstract
Claim, argument, or research question
Literature Review
Methodology
Findings
Conclusion
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Instructions:
Find Your Group Number on the Google doc below 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
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
- A great place to start for most topics
- Mostly full-text articles from scholarly peer-reviewed journals, trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers
- If full-text is not available, click link to Check for Full Text (Providence) to connect to Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request form
- SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
- Full-text peer-reviewed journal articles from 1999-TO THE CURRENT YEAR
- Content covers fields such as Administration & Leadership, Business/Management, Clothing & Textiles, Criminal Justice, Cultures, Education, Entrepreneurship, Food Science, Hospitality, Information Science, Literature, Marketing, Sports, Travel & Tourism
- Statista This link opens in a new window
- Statistics, reports, and visual data for a range of topics, countries, industries, trending topics, and more
- NOTE: Click through any security warnings & pop-up blockers that may appear
- Expert tools options are unavailable
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