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Scholarly Resources for Engineering and Applied Sciences Graduate Students: Reading Literature

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This page demonstrates various reasons why and various strategies for how to read scholarly research papers, so you can develop efficient and effective reading strategies.

Reading Literature

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How to READ a Scientific Paper Fosmire Created by Michael Fosmire Designed & Illustrated by Aly Edmondson Purdue University
How to Read a Scientific Article Purugganan and Hewitt By Dr. Mary Purugganan and Dr. Jan Hewitt, Rice University
Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources by Karen Rosenberg This essay is a chapter in "Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2", a peer-reviewed open textbook.