As you begin to read through articles that have met your search term criteria, you will want to find a way to quickly summarize what is in each article. If you are working in a group on a research project, this becomes a communication piece and is even more important. A simple spreadsheet can help you to accomplish this. Remember that KCU is a Google campus and Google spreadsheets can be shared and edited by everyone at the same time. You may want to head your columns with some of the following headings:
(Janke et al., 2012, p. 921)
Even though you have filtered for articles that are peer-reviewed, it is still important for you to "determine the quality of an article and its relevance to your research"(Havard , 2007, p. 33). One resource for checklists that can help you evaluate articles is the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) that originated in the United Kingdom. These checklists are available for you to use and are Creative Commons licensed. You can print them out and fill them in or you can fill them out electronically. Other forms are available, so feel free to find ones that work for you.
(Havard , 2007, p. 33)
