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ASU Library LibLessons

ASU Library LibLessons are digital credentials that allow faculty to integrate library tutorials into their classes.

Overview of Scholarly Research Articles

Description: Scholars, such as many of your professors, conduct studies and then report the research results by presenting at conferences or writing research articles or books. Research articles, also known as empirical or primary research articles, are published in scholarly journals and are often peer-reviewed. A conversation among scholars is documented over time and becomes accessible to researchers and developing scholars as they communicate about research results. 

Most ASU students will likely need to find research articles to learn new content, construct an informed opinion on a topic and provide quality evidence to support arguments and claims in course assignments such as papers, presentations, and posters, etc.

Learning Objectives students will learn in this tutorial:

  1. Describe the purpose of a scholarly research article.
  2. Compare the different types of scholarly research articles.
  3. Recognize where to find scholarly research articles.
  4. Recall keywords for searching research articles reporting on qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods.
  5. Identify article types by viewing an article citation and abstract.

Adding LibLessons to your course

To add to your class, follow the steps below.

  1. Go to assignment, Create new.
  2. Assignment name
    • Scholarly Research Articles Credential Assignment
  3. Add the following text as the description:
    • For this assignment, you will be required to complete the Scholarly Research Articles LibLesson, developed by the ASU Library! This tutorial will teach you to find research articles to learn new content, construct an informed opinion on a topic and provide quality evidence to support arguments and claims in course assignments such as papers, presentations, and posters, etc. Completing this assignment will take approximately 30 minutes, not including the wait for the email notification.
    • To complete the assignment, you will need to:
      1. Self-enroll in the course using this link: https://canvas.asu.edu/enroll/EGA9PE
      2. Complete the modules.
      3. Complete the quiz with a 90% or higher.
      4. Check your ASUrite email for the credential award notification. The email take up to 2 hours.
        • Once the credential is awarded, it will appear in your list of credentials below.
      5. Click the submit button next to the credential required for the assignment.
  4. Display grade as Complete/Incomplete or as Points depending on how you wish to grade the assignment.
  5. Submission type 'External Tool' 
  6. Under External Tool Options select 'Find'
    • Select the CredID Tool from the list.
  7. Save.

After students submit their credential, you will want to verify that it is correct. The image below is what the credential will look like in the Canvas Speed Grader tool. The two blue markers indicate where you will find the student's identification information.

  1. On the credential, the students ASUrite email will be listed here.
  2. In the Speed Grader tool, that students name will be listed here.

 Note: The example is from the LibLesson: Searching for Articles and Sources credential.

A view of a credential in the Canvas Speed Grader tool with a number one and two points to the location where the students name is located.