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Evaluating Journal Articles


How to evaluate journal articles and websites - University of Bath

When you find an article in an academic journal, you need to consider whether or not it is of sufficient quality and relevance to use in your work.

How To Evaluate Articles - STEM

Not all articles are created equally. Evaluating sources for relevancy and usefulness is one the most important steps in research.

Evaluating Journal Articles - Harvard Guide to Using Sources

You can see if a journal is peer-reviewed either by clicking on the journal title or by looking at the front matter in the print version of the journal.

How to Review a Journal Article | University of Illinois Springfield

It is important to review the article thoroughly and critically. To do this, we recommend take notes, annotating, and reading the article several times before ...

How to Evaluate an Article - Library & Research Overview

Guidelines for Evaluating an Article: Purpose of Article, Why was the article written? To, Type of Publication, For college papers, information should be ...

How to evaluate articles - Concordia Library

Have they written on the same subject before? Are they affiliated with a research institution? Who is the publisher and what are their ...

LibGuides: Scholarly Communication Toolkit: Evaluating Journals

Librarians should be aware of the various quality indicators and tools available to their constituents to evaluate potential publication places.

Evaluating Journal Articles

Evaluating Journal Articles. Refereed (or “peer reviewed”). Make sure your articles come from refereed journals. Refereed journals are scholarly publications ...

Journals - Evaluating Resources - Academic Guides

Learn how to evaluate resources, including websites, journals, and more.

How to Read a Scholarly Article - Evaluating Information

This page will focus on reading scholarly articles — published reports on original research in the social sciences, humanities, and STEM fields.

Learn to Research: Evaluating & selecting articles - Research Guides

All research articles can be classified as having a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods (using both methods) methodology.

Evaluating Scholarly Journals - How to Evaluate Sources

e.g. Journal of American Studies. Appearance: Sober design, little advertising, mostly text with some graphs and tables. Audience: Students, ...

Scientific evaluation of the scholarly publications - PMC

Worthiness of any scientific journal is measured by the quality of the articles published in it. The Impact factor (IF) is one popular tool which analyses ...

Evaluating Articles | Saint Mary's Libraries

Credibility. Judge articles via author and publisher credibility. ; Relevance. Determine if an article answers your research question. ; Accuracy. Check the ...

Evaluating Research Articles: Home - MGH Guides

This guide is a collection of resources and activities that will help you learn how to evaluate articles efficiently and accurately.

Evaluating Your Sources: Evaluating Journal Articles

This guide's purpose is to assist students with evaluating sources and distinguishing among peer-reviewed, trade, and popular sources online and in print.

Research Methods in Social Science: Evaluating Journals and Articles

Use the following three methods on this page to determine if the articles you have found are peer-reviewed. First, either check the journal's website or use ...

Library Guides: InfoSkills3: Evaluating Resources: Evaluating Journals

Journal articles are examined by a panel of other scholars in the field - the author's peers. The panel may decide to accept the article, ...

Evaluating Research Articles - How to Evaluate Information Sources

Search this Guide Search How to Evaluate Information Sources This guide will inform you about which criteria to use to evaluate resources.

How to Evaluate Resources: Articles - Archer Library

Articles generally come from newspapers, magazines or journals. It's important to be aware of the differences between popular periodicals (newspapers and ...


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