GEW 101B: Writing as a Rhetorical Act

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles: Deep Dive

In this class, we will:

• Describe the qualities of different scholarly communities (disciplinary areas)
• Identify scholarly articles using criteria presented in class
• Use a database to find scholarly articles

Worksheet: Compare and Contrast Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Articles for review:

Humanities:

• Ottum, Joshua. “Sounds Like Garbage: Paddling through an Imaginary Island of Trash toward a New Sonic Ecology.” Social Alternatives, vol. 33, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 52–59. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=96402387&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Social Sciences:

• Wyles, K. J., Pahl, S. White, M. Morris, S. Cracknell, D. & Thompson, R. C. (2013). Towards a marine mindset: Visiting an aquarium can improve attitudes and intentions regarding marine sustainability. Visitor Studies, 16(1), 95-110. doi: 10.1080/10645578.2013.768077
  • Article full text

Sciences:

• Chu, S, Wang, J. Woodward, LA, Letcher, RJ, Li, QX. 2015. Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates and carboxylic acids in liver, muscle and adipose tissues of black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) from Midway Island, North Pacific Ocean. Chemosphere, 138: 60-66