Evaluating the Research Article

Find a research article on a topic of your choosing. Full-text access to an article you choose will be checked by the librarians, so make sure this is a full-text article (no abstract-level access only).

Provide complete sentences and answers to each of the following questions:

1. In your own words, describe the peer-review publication process. How does a research article come to be published in a journal?
2. What are four other terms used to describe research articles?
3. Where are some places you can find research articles?
4. Using the full-text research article you have already located, use the How to Evaluate Journal Articles rubric Download How to Evaluate Journal Articles rubric
   in this section and provide responses to the following areas: (a) Purpose of the Article, (b) Type of Journal, (c) Organization and Content, (d) Bias, (e) Date of Article, (f) Bibliography, (g) Usefulness, (h) Authority, (i) Scope/Coverage, (j) Audience, and (k) Illustrations.
5. You found a research article that you really like through Google Scholar or one of the Library - Learning Commons research databases, but it is abstract-level access only or you have to pay a fee in order to access it. What can you do to access this research article?

Note: It is strongly suggested you draft your response in a Word document or other safe place so you do not lose your work. Once you are done copy and paste it here or upload it as a file to complete the assignment.