BSC 6840: Professional Development in Biology

Take five minutes to read over these articles. They're short and you don't need to analyze them deeply. Which of these articles would be a better resource for a research paper? Give two reasons. 

Ask these questions when evaluating academic articles for their quality:

• Where did you find the article?
  • Was it from the library's databases or available publicly online?
  • Is it Open Access?
• Who wrote the article?
  • Have the authors written other articles?
  • Where have they been published?
  • Are they qualified to write on the topic?
• When was the article published?
  • Has there been new information published on the topic?
• What is the paper about?
  • Does the title match the article's content?

After answering a few questions about the article, you'll be able to dig into its content.