Scientific Writing and Lab Reports: How to Read Scientific Papers

"How to Read a Scientific Paper" by Natalia Rodriguez is licensed under CC BY 4.0

From Utah State University Libraries

Follow these links for a more in-depth understanding of how to read a scientific paper/scholarly articles.

• Reading a Scientific Paper from Jennifer Simms, librarian at Indiana University Bloomington. Scroll past the video for a breakdown of each section.
• Ten Simple Rules for Reading a Scientific Paper from the Public Library of Science Computational Biology Journal. This article gives ten simple rules including questions you need to ask when looking at a scientific paper.