Research Articles

Sources

• Peer Reviewed
• Empirical Research
• Primary Research

Peer Reviewed

Peer Reviewed

Empirical

Empirical

• Data is derived from a scientific method
• Data comes from something that the author experienced, i.e. observation or measurement
• Includes an experimental design
• More info: guides.libraries.psu.edu/emp

Primary

Primary

• The article reports on a study conducted by the authors writing the article.
• May include a lit review, but cannot only be a literature review article
• Will include hypothesis, methods, data, etc.

What NOT to include?

• Books and book chapters.
• Reports and gov docs
• Non-peer reviewed sources
• Anything listed in course reserves or syllabus

Exceptions? Questions?
Ask your professor.

Evaluate, Comment, Reflect

• Identify connections to other studies
• Consider: conclusions drawn from data; methods that may inform your work

Bottom line:
How does this add to or inform your POP?

Use of the First Person

• Allowed by APA
• Encouraged to avoid awkwardness
• Use sparingly
• See APA Manual pp. 69-70.

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Put it together

Put it together

• Follow instructor guidelines
• Check and double check APA style.

Cannot duplicate sources for DAE and CAE courses.

You must choose.

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POLL:
Do you feel more confident in creating your annotated bibliography after participating in this workshop?

Remember why you are doing this...

Purpose

• Explore POP
• Appraise issues or factors associated with your professional practice and POP.
• Help you get started with the literature review for your dissertation.
• Think critically about your POP, and the literature.

Will help identify and articulate:

• Relationships between practical problem,
• theoretical constructs
• design of the project,
• available measures and analysis tools,
• conclusions drawn from research findings.

Don't forget...

You need 40, peer reviewed, empirical, primary sources...

You need to read, evaluate, cite, and annotate each of these sources...

These are the 40 MOST RELEVANT sources, not the first 40 you found...so...

You will need to find and read many more than just 40.

Get to work!

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