What do you already know about the topic?
Who is this research for?
Who does this research benefit?
Who cares about your topic?
How is your topic portrayed in the media?
Who has access to information about your topic?
What gaps have you noticed in the research? What's missing? Who's missing?
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Sometimes it can be challenging and confusing to tell the difference between scholarly, peer-reviewed articles and popular articles. I often tell students that if it 'looks boring and sounds boring' it is more than likely a scholarly article!
Once you see a few scholarly articles you will see that they share a look and feel that is very different than magazine articles you might be used to reading.
Want to see if you can tell the difference? Try this game!