Examples of Lesson Materials
"How to Use a Source: The BEAM Method" from Hunter College Libraries 2014
"How to read a scientific paper" by Adam Ruben 20 Jan. 2016
"How to (seriously) read a scientific paper" by Elizabeth Pain 21 March 2016
"Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources" by Karen Rosenberg 2011
A handout adapted from Karen Rosenberg’s article “Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources”.
Worksheet with 13 questions questions for delving deep into an article and evaluating content.
Interactive website including a chart that highlights different strategies based upon the purpose of reading, such as assigned reading, determining sources for a paper, and for a research project.
See Slides from Miriam Posner. This includes gutting a book.
Presentation/lecture slides from Worcester Polytechnic Institute about the anatomy of science based journal articles.
Dissect each section of a scientific research article on this interactive site from Ask a Biologist at Arizona State University.
From NCSU, click on various parts of a sample science article to view descriptions of each section. Methods and Discussion sections are not explicitly called out and included in the Article Text section.
Consortium of Academic And Research Libraries in Illinois presentation detailing instructions for an activity focusing on the components of scholarly articles. Sociology focus.
Infographic detailing the major sections of an article from Trocaire College Libraries
Graphics and explanatory text from Valdosta State University Reading Scholarly Articles LibGuide.
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