English 1185.111: Literature and the Laboratory  Tags: english_literature course_guide first_year_writing_seminars writing linguistics_language_literature  

Richard Rothwell.
Portrait of Mary Shelley, 1840.
Collection:
National Portrait Gallery, London.
Source: Wikipedia

Evaluating the sources you find is a crucial step in the process of scholarly research. The questions you ask about books, periodical articles, or multimedia sources are similar whether you're looking at a citation to the item or have the item in hand.

Consult How to Critically Analyze Information Sources. It's a guide to the critical questions you should ask when you consider the appropriateness of a particular book, article, media resource, or Web site for your research.

This segment discusses how to recognize and find scholarly journal articles.

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Wondering how to tell if the article you're reading is from a scholarly journal?

Take a look at: 

Distinguishing Scholarly from Non-Scholarly Periodicals: A Checklist of Criteria

It will show you how to evaluate periodicals by looking at their format, intended audience, and appearance.