1. How to identify scholarly, academic or peer-reviewed articles
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2. scholarly/academic/peer reviewed?
Did you find an article
but you’re not sure if it’s
scholarly/academic/peer reviewed?

3. of scholarly/academic/peer-reviewed articles
Here are some
characteristics
of scholarly/academic/peer-reviewed articles

4. It is identified as an academic journal

5. It is relatively long

6. It may contain charts

7. It has a long, very specific journal article title

8. (a summary of the article at the beginning)
It has an abstract
(a summary of the article at the beginning)

9. The abstract might be divided into sections that mirror the article’s format

10. the “Results” section is in the abstract and in the article
Example:
the “Results” section is in the abstract and in the article

11. The article includes
in-text citations

12. It may include graphs, tables, images or data that illustrate the results

13. There is an extensive reference list/
bibliography

14. The article also includes author affiliations and qualifications

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