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Articles


Articles may provide the most current information on your topic. Articles appear in periodicals (magazines, journals, and newspapers). Magazine articles are useful for brief, general, introductory information. Journal articles from scholarly or professional journals provide more scholarly or technical information. These articles are usually written by scholars in a particular field.

Newspaper articles are good sources for current, general information.


Sample of Articles

Finding Articles
  1. To find articles on your topic click here to see a list of available online databases that index articles by subject.
  2. Once relevant articles have been found, copy the record and paste into the windows below.

To Learn how to copy and paste click here

1st Article Record

 

Evaluate the Article

  • Is the information relevant to your topic?
    Is the information comprehensive enough?
    Does the information express a particular point of view?
    Is the information directed toward a general audience (Popular Magazine)?
    Is the information directed toward a specialized audience (Scholarly Journal)?
  • Is the information timely?
    Is the information current enough for your project?
  • Is the information reliable?
    Is the author/producer of the information given?
    Are the credentials of the author/producer of the information given?
    Did the information come from an "authoritative source?
  •  Is the information complete?
    Does the information source extensively cover your topic?
  • Is the information accurate
    Is the information is presented as fact?
    Is the information biased?

Cite this article properly in the window below.
To learn what citing is and how to cite properly click here.

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