A literature search can often turn up dozens or even hundreds of results. While it is crucial to engage with each result thoroughly, developing a reading strategy for scholarly articles will help you save time and effort. Critical reading skills will help you to identify which articles are relevant to your research, and will aide you in locating, analyzing, and summarizing pertinent content within each article. Below are some useful resources to help you develop a reading framework.
This two minute video breaks down the major components of a scholarly article and outlines a useful out-of-order reading strategy to assess how much time to invest in reading an article.
This five minute video reviews the parts of a scholarly article and identifies key terms and sentences to locate within each section. This video also suggests a reading order to determine the overall relevance of an article.
This guide is structured as a research paper. Read this guide from beginning to end to discover the three-pass method for reading articles.
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