1. Lesson 5:
The Scholarly Journal Article

2.  How to
 APPROACH,
 EVALUATE ,and
 READ a Scholarly Journal Article

5.  You won’t have time to read everything all the
way through.
 Get to know the material without reading it all
 BOOKS
 ARTICLES
 Analytical reading

6. #1 - Find an ABSTRACT
#2 –Watch for “MAIN IDEAS”
#3 – Check out the CONCLUSION
#4 – Look at the REFERENCES

7. that will help you apply the
CRAAPTest

8.  Available online in MANY of our databases
 You will learn how to use:
 ProQuest Central
 Ebsco – Academic Search Elite
 Google Scholar
 to FIND these kinds of articles

9. 1. CITATION
2. ABSTRACT
3. FULLTEXT

10.  Citation
 Abstract
 Conclusion
 Main Ideas
 References

11. Author Bio Authority
Publication
Date
Currency
References Currency Accuracy
CRAAP Criteria

12. Often at bottom of first page of article.

13. In the
article itself

14. • ALL research/analysis articles in scholarly journals
will have references – the sources used
• Typically appear at end of article