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Tutorial: How to Read and Comprehend Scientifi...

How to Read and Comprehend Scientific Research Articles Scientific articles are how scholars and researchers communicate with each other. Reading scientific articles helps you become part of the conve

What is a Scholarly Journal Article?

Someday soon, you’ll need to find a scholarly journal article for a project or research paper. Awesome. No problem. But, wait a second, what is a “scholarly journal article?” How is it different

Scholarly and Popular Sources

During your time in college, you may have heard talk about using scholarly sources in your assignments. And if you havent, chances are that you will. Lets look at what exactly a scholarly source is, a

Introduction to academic research

So, you’ve been given a research assignment. My Prof says I have to find scholarly sources. Why can’t I just Google it? I’m really good at Googling! In university, you will be expected to use sc

CSUN Student Research Journal

Steve Oppenheimer:The students come here to CSUN to present their research. So they don't only have it published in the journal, but they present it. It takes really a true pioneer, to do this extra w

Research Journal Entries

This video tutorial is a guide for processing research journal entries and is being presented to you by Research Accounting, Financial Services at Queen's University. There are two funds used to repor

How To Read a Scholarly Journal Article

Reading a scholarly article is different than reading a novel You don't have to read every word from beginning to end at least not to start with. I'm going to walk you through how I read a scholarly a

An Experiment in Gratitude | The Science of Ha...

Participant 1: Shut up Participant 2: What? Wait, wait. Participant 3: Oh he's gonna be so embarrassed. Julian Huguet: What makes you happy? Having fun? Hanging out with friends? Delicious food? Makin

Finding Journal Articles for Psychology Research

Hi my name is Sarah Dockray, a librarian at Valencia College. Today I'm going to show you how to find journal articles for Psychology research. The first step in the process is, of course, to find an

Journal Article Elements

When you flip through an academic journal you'll find all sorts of articles; and not just articles on different topics, but different types of articles. This article is a comment article, as you can s

Parts of a scholarly journal article

This video will walk you through the parts of a typical scholarly journal article scholarly articles vary somewhat by discipline but in general they contain several standard sections that can help you

History vs. Christopher Columbus - Alex Gendler

Many people in the United States and Latin America have grown up celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's voyage, but was he an intrepid explorer who brought two worlds together or a ruth