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Note-taking from a Scientific Journal Article

Find your first scientific journal article that you will use in your term paper. You assignment is to submit a pdf of this journal article, answer the questions below, and use the Note-Taking Template for the Article. The note-taking template can be expanded in size. Remember to read the article multiple times and follow the procedures from the class where we read the Micro-plastics article.

1) Give the full citation for this article using the format you plan to follow in your term paper

a. Which citation format did you use (e.g. MLA, APA)?

b. If you were to cite this article within the term paper, what format do you use in the text of the paper?

2) How did you find this article?

3) As you read this article, did you see that other papers were cited by the authors that you think you might use?

a. What are these articles?

4) Hardest thing to understand from this article?

5) Easiest thing to understand from this article?

6) Does this article lead you to another direction for your next literature search? How so?

Note-Taking Template for Journal Articles

Title of Article: Click or tap here to enter text. Publication: Click or tap here to enter text.

Author(s): Click or tap here to enter text. Date: Click or tap here to enter text.

Background

What was the context for this research?

What has been studied or determined already?

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Methods & Nature of this Study

What was the objective?

How did the author(s) collect data?

When and where did the research take place?

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Results

What highlights emerged?

Were there any surprises?

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Data

What is most striking about the tables, graphs, illustrations?

Why did the author(s) include them?

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Conclusions

What did the author(s) learn overall?

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Next Steps

What is implied or proposed for future study?

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Significance

Why does this research matter?

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My Thoughts & Questions

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 License.

You may reproduce it for non-commercial use if you use the entire handout and attribute the source:

The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.