Objectives How to find a scientific scholarly or peer- reviewed article How to read and understand a scholarly article How to incorporate research into your scientific writing

How to search ProQuest to find scholarly research Watch the tutorial linked below.

How To Read and Understand a Scientific Research Article

Parts of a Scholarly or Peer Reviewed Article Title and Abstract (summary) Introduction Methods and Materials Results Discussion Conclusion

Parts of a Scholarly or Peer Reviewed Article Title and Abstract (summary) Introduction Methods and Materials Results Discussion Conclusion Title and Abstract Discussion Conclusion Introduction Methods and Materials Results Re-read properly Order It Should Be First Read

What Each Part Represents Abstract and Title: ◦ What is being discussed or researched Introduction ◦ State of current knowledge. ◦ What authors are investigating Method and Material ◦ How investigated or proved, what participants, materials, and/or equipment

What Each Part Represents (con) Results ◦ Raw data from the experiments Discussion ◦ Summary of the experiment Conclusion ◦ What went right / What went wrong ◦ Further investigation needed ◦ What might need to be done to correct errors

Assignment Choose a disease that you would like to investigate the causes or the etiology Using ProQuest, find a scholarly or peer- reviewed journal article on the etiology of the disease Fill out the worksheet and attach a copy of the article

Assignment (continued) Read the article and answer the questions on the worksheet: ◦ Complete APA citation ◦ Author’s names & affiliations/background ◦ Keywords/specific subject ◦ Introduction ◦ Methodology ◦ Results (including brief description of the important tables/figures) ◦ Discussion/Conclusion ◦ Cited references to follow-up on

“The data suggest…” How to incorporate research into your scientific writing ◦ Using APA in-text citations ◦ Gillen, C. (2010). “The data suggest”; Writing in the sciences. In Graff, G. & Birkenstein, C., “They say/I say”; The moves that matter in academic writing (2 nd ed.) (pp ). New York, NY: Norton.