VIDEO: Scholarly Journal Articles (04:37)
Distinguishes the different types of materials that you will find in scholarly journals, and demonstrates how to spot the scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles.
VIDEO: Understanding Peer Review (2:35)
Describes the peer-review process and why such articles are important for university assignments. Accompanies Module 2 in the KPU Library's Doing Research Tutorial.
VIDEO: Scholarly Articles, Part 1 (4:04)
Explains why peer-reviewed articles are important, outlines the peer-review process, and describes common features of peer-reviewed articles. Developed for Anthropology students. Includes two embedded quizzes for self-testing.
VIDEO: What is Original (Primary) Research in Criminology? (19:38)
Describes the typical structure of an original research article, with a particular focus on the Methods section. It shows examples of several types of original research articles (qualitative and quantitative, including articles using secondary data, and meta-analyses), as well as several types of secondary articles (book reviews, editorial essays, theoretical analyses and literature reviews). The emphasis is on learning to read the abstract for indications of original research, and checking for a Methods section in the article.
Part 1 of the Finding Original Research Articles in Criminology video series.