| What to Look For | What to Ask Yourself | Where You'll Find It |
| Relevance | Does this article relate to my research? Does it provide a differing opinion or argument to what I believe? |
Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion |
| Expertise | Who wrote this article? Are there any areas of expertise missing? |
Author Information, Abstract |
| Approach | What type of article is this? What was the population and number of participants? |
Methods, Results |
| Clarity | What did the researchers “do” to or try to find out about their population? What happened as a result of what they did, or what did they find out? |
Results, Discussion, Conclusion |
| Transparency | Do the authors state limitations and/or conflicts of interest? Are there any other concerns I have? |
Author Information, Discussion, Endnotes |
| Guiding Questions | Notes/potential themes from these questions | Articles/sources that could help answer this question |
| What broad concepts does my research include? | ||
| What is my population? How has my population been studied before in this context? | ||
| Are there statistics related to my population or another area of my research? | ||
| What am I “doing” to this population? What is my intervention, phenomenon or problem to solve? | ||
| Have other researchers done what I am doing to a different population? | ||
| Have any similar/identical interventions or problems been identified? | ||
| What method am I using to collect data? Has this method been used before? On this population? | ||
| What are the potential outcomes of my research? How will those outcomes affect understanding of the broader concepts that my research fits into? | ||
| Are there any gaps in the research that I’ve identified? How does my research fill those gaps? |
