Objectives

ObjectivesHow to find a scientific scholarly

or peer-reviewed articleHow to read and understand a

scholarly articleHow to incorporate research into

your scientific writing

How to search ProQuest to find scholarly research

Watch the tutorial linked below.

http://tegr.it/y/4gvr

How To Read and Understand a Scientific Research Article

Parts of a Scholarly or Peer Reviewed Article

Title and Abstract (summary)IntroductionMethods and MaterialsResultsDiscussion Conclusion

Parts of a Scholarly or Peer Reviewed Article

Title and Abstract (summary)

IntroductionMethods and

MaterialsResultsDiscussion Conclusion

Title and Abstract

DiscussionConclusionIntroductionMethods and

MaterialsResultsRe-read properly

Order It Should Be First Read

What Each Part RepresentsAbstract and Title:

◦What is being discussed or researched

Introduction◦State of current knowledge. ◦What authors are investigating

Method and Material◦How investigated or proved, what

participants, materials, and/or equipment

What Each Part Represents (con)Results

◦Raw data from the experimentsDiscussion

◦Summary of the experimentConclusion

◦What went right / What went wrong◦Further investigation needed◦What might need to be done to

correct errors

AssignmentChoose a disease that you would

like to investigate the causes or the etiology

Using ProQuest, find a scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article on the etiology of the disease

Fill out the worksheet and attach a copy of the article

Assignment (continued)Read the article and answer the

questions on the worksheet: ◦Complete APA citation◦Author’s names & affiliations/background◦Keywords/specific subject◦ Introduction◦Methodology◦Results (including brief description of the

important tables/figures)◦Discussion/Conclusion◦Cited references to follow-up on

“The data suggest…”How to incorporate research into

your scientific writing◦Using APA in-text citations◦ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2

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Gillen, C. (2010). “The data suggest”; Writing in the sciences. In Graff, G. & Birkenstein, C., “They say/I say”; The moves that matter in academic writing (2nd ed.) (pp. 156-192). New York, NY: Norton.