Sure, I can help you with that. Here are the steps on how to find and evaluate a scholarly journal article:
1. **Review the BADSOC Research Source Review chart and notes.** This chart provides a checklist of criteria to use when evaluating a scholarly journal article. The notes provide additional information about each criterion.
2. **Use the keywords you've developed to search EBSCOhost's Academic Search Complete database for sources.** You can use the "Advanced Search" feature to refine your search by limiting your results to scholarly articles.
3. **Look at several sources that come up on your search.** Try several of the keywords you've developed to see what different results you get.
4. **Choose one of the sources that gives you some new information on your topic.** This is the source that you will evaluate.
5. **Use the BADSOC Research Source Review chart and "Research Source Review Notes" questions to evaluate this source.** The chart will help you to assess the source's authority, currency, coverage, purpose, accuracy, and objectivity. The "Research Source Review Notes" questions will help you to summarize the source, discuss how it fits with your research goals, and identify its virtues and limitations.
6. **Use the "Cite" feature to generate the MLA Works Cited page citation for your source.** This will allow you to properly cite the source in your research paper.
Here is an example of how to evaluate a scholarly journal article using the BADSOC Research Source Review chart:
**Topic:** The impact of social media on mental health
**Keywords:** social media, mental health, depression, anxiety
**MLA Works Cited page citation:**
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**Author:** Smith, Jane.
**Title:** The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health.
**Journal:** Journal of Mental Health.
**Volume:** 23.
**Issue:** 4.
**Pages:** 234-245.
**Year:** 2023.
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**BADSOC Ratings:**
* **Authority:** 5
* **Currency:** 4
* **Coverage:** 4
* **Purpose:** 5
* **Accuracy:** 5
* **Objectivity:** 5
**Summary:**
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of social media on mental health. The author reviews the existing research on this topic and discusses the potential benefits and risks of social media use for mental health. The article concludes by providing recommendations for how to use social media in a healthy way.
**Your Research Goals:**
This article was relevant to my research goals because it provides new information about the impact of social media on mental health. The article's findings will help me to better understand the potential benefits and risks of social media use for mental health.
**Virtues:**
The article's strengths include its comprehensiveness, its up-to-date information, and its balanced discussion of the potential benefits and risks of social media use for mental health.
**Limitations:**
The article's limitations include its focus on Western cultures and its lack of discussion of the impact of social media on different age groups.
I hope this helps!