Read: “How to Do Library Research: How to Evaluate Journal Articles” (Colorado State University): https://libguides.colostate.edu/howtodo/evaluatejournals
Read: “Reading & Evaluating Scholarly Literature” (UPSem -- Word doc attached below)
This week in class, we will talk through a short article by ethicist Larry Rasmussen, as well as a response to that article by another scholar, Laura M. Hartman, in order to explore how to evaluate scholarly arguments and how scholars interact productively with each other's work. You will need access to these articles in class, so please download them (click the permalink below, then save it to your computer by clicking the file icon at the top right of the black box). Please also read through the articles before class.
If you feel unsure about how to identify conclusions, reasons, and evidence in scholarly writing, watch the video below.