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The abstract is the largest first paragraph at the very beginning of a paper.
Always read the abstract LAST.
It contains a summary of the entire paper, and you can about inadvertently becoming BIASED. |
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| 2. Identify the big question |
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| What is this entire field trying to solve? |
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| 3. Summarize the background in a few sentences |
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| What work has been done before in this field to answer the big question? What are the limitations of that work? What needs to be done next? (According to the authors) |
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| 4. Identify the specific questions |
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What exactly are the authors trying to answer with their research?
Are there may be multiple questions, or just one?
What kind of research is this? |
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| What are the authors going to do to answer the specific questions? |
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| 6. Read the methods section |
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Which methodology did the author use?
Draw a diagram for each experiment |
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| 7. Read the results section |
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Write one or more paragraphs to summarize the results
Identify when the results are summarized in the figures and tables |
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| 8. Determine whether the result answer the specific questions |
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You can change your mind in light of the authors interpretation
It's important to start forming your own interpretation before you read other |
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What do the authors think the results mean?
Do the authors identify any weaknesses in their own study? What do they propose to do as a next step? |
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Does it match what the authors said in the paper?
Does it fit with your interpretation of paper ? |
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| Classify your articles in a simple way. |
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| What other readers say about the paper? |
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| Template for taking notes Scientific Articles |
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1. Citation Web access: url; date accessed
2. Key words
3. General subject/questions
4. Specific subject/question
5. Hypothesis
6. Methodology
7. Results
8. Summary of key points
9. Context (how this article relates to other work in the field)
10. Significance (to the field; in relation to your own work)
11. Relevant figures (description, page number)
12. References
13. Comments |
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