Searching
Literature Review
Scholarly Articles
Primary & Secondary
Research Design
100

Popular search engine that has an option to search scholarly works. 

What is Google Scholar

100

This describes when the research was published. 

What is the publication date? 

100

This is a common place to publish articles and exist in many disciplines.

What is a journal?

100

This resources is a first-hand account of an event

What is a primary resource?

100

This is found at the beginning of your research paper

What is an introduction? 

200

This database is free to use for MSU Denver students

What is the Auraria Library Database?

200

This is a critical evaluation of work

What is a literature review?

200

Scholarly articles have what at the end of the paper?

What is a reference list/works cited?

200

This is a secondary account of an event, person or thing. 

What is a secondary source?

200
This goes at the end of you research design project. 

What is a reference list/works cited?

300

These are what you should use to narrow results

What are keywords? 

300

This is another word for summarizing a research article.

What is synthesizing?

300

These are written for a general audience and lack subject area expertise. 

What is a popular article?

300

Name two examples of primary sources

What is letters, diaries, autobiographies, government records. 

300

This is where you discuss the process of collecting data/information. 

What is methodology?

400

This is what you use to identify sources

What are citations?

400

This is a good indicator that an article is factual.

What is identifying limitations?

400

Scholarly articles go through this type of review process. 

What is peer-reviewed?

400
Name two examples of secondary sources

What is a newspaper, textbook, encyclopedia, biography. 

400

This research design involves collecting, verifying and synthesizing information. 

What is Historical Design?

500

This database hosts books, primary sources and journals. 

What is JSTOR

500

This is used to make conceptual distinctions and organize ideas. 

What is conceptual framework? 

500

These are two parts of the article you should review first. 

What is the abstract and conclusion?

500

This is factual and not interpretive 

What is a primary source 

500

This research design helps provide answers to the questions of who, what, when, where, and how associated with a particular research problem.


What is descriptive design?

M
e
n
u