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UNDERSTANDING ACADEMIC ARTICLESResearch Workshop Series
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Presentation Overview Introductions (Name, classes
you’re taking?) Important Terms How to find academic articles Major Sections of an Empirical
Study 4-Step Reading Strategy
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Popular Sources
and Academic
Sources—What’s
the Difference?
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Important Terms
Academic Journals Published by experts in field for other experts in the field
Sourced Objective
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Important Terms
Peer Reviewed Many academic journals are peer reviewed
Panel of experts who review/approve for publication
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Important Terms Empirical Research
Data from actual observation or experimentation
Primary audience: other experts
Contributes to an ongoing “discussion” of important issues in the field
Found in academic journals
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How do you find academic articles?
Google Scholar vs. databases
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EBSCO Search
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You can narrow your EBSCO search to only search for Scholarly Journals (AFTER finding good search words)
Narrowing Your Search
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Once You’ve Found an Article
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6 Key Sections
of an Empirical
Study
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Why learn how empirical research is organized?
Is the article relevant?
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Why learn how empirical research is organized?
Know which section contains what you need
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Why learn how empirical research is organized?
To save time
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6 Key Sections to an Empirical Study
• Abstract• Introduction and
literature review• Methods/
methodology• Results• Discussion and/or
Conclusion• References
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AbstractWhat it is A brief summary
of the study Lets other
researchers know if article is relevant to their research
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AbstractHow to Read it Skim to see if the
article fits your research topic
If a good fit, read again and break it down into the different parts of the study
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Introduction and Literature Review
What it is Describes the
research problem Summarizes key
research to date Shows need for
current study States research
question(s) and hypotheses
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Introduction and Literature Review
How to Read it Read first and last
paragraphs, first sentence of other paragraphs
Identify research questions and hypotheses (at end of section)
Note sources that sound relevant to your topic
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Method/methodologyWhat it is Describes how
the experiment was conducted
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Method/methodologyHow to Read it Skim to identify
participants, measures, and procedures
Don’t stress the statistics
Tip: Imagine yourself as a participant in the study to make experiment more real to you
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ResultsWhat it is Describes
findings reached through analysis of the data
Often includes charts, graphs
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ResultsHow to Read it Skim to identify
the findings Don’t be scared
by statistics or tables. You don’t need them to understand the key results.
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Discussion and/or Conclusion
What it is Summarizes,
suggests implications, explains importance of findings
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Discussion and/or Conclusion
How to Read it Read first and last
paragraphs, first sentence of other paragraphs
Identify what the findings tell us about the research topic
Find suggestions for the practical use of the findings (especially at end of section).
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ReferencesWhat it is Full citations of
all sources referenced in article
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ReferencesHow to Read it Skim for other
sources you can use for your paper
Find references for any interesting sources you saw in previous sections
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Back to the Abstract…
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Read Abstract First
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Sample Abstract In this sample abstract, let’s identify the
summary the following sections: Introduction Methods Results Discussion
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What did we learn? How can breaking down the abstract
help us?
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A Reading Strategy? What would you tell another student
about how to read an academic article?
What would you skim/skip/read in detail?
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4-Step Reading Strategy Step 1: Read the Abstract Step 2: Skim the Introduction and
Discussion Step 3: Skim the Methods and Results Step 4: Read the Introduction and
Discussion in Depth
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What we’ve seen Academic Journals, Peer Review,
Empirical Studies How to find academic articles Major Sections of an Empirical Study Breaking down the abstract 4-Step Reading Strategy
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Takeaways?
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