Scholarly, academic, peer reviewed articles are an important part of academic writing. When you talk with friends about a topic of shared interest, their ideas can help you think of new and different ways of looking at or doing something. The same thing happens in scholarly, academic research.
You can read existing academic articles and use these articles to
The exchange of ideas through articles over time is often referred to as a scholarly conversation.
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Minnesota State University, Mankato. (4 December 2019). Using Google Scholar [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbWQkTWRuAI
