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Development Finance: Reading scholarly works

Mainly for students studying MPhil and Post Graduate Diploma in Development Finance

Reading articles worksheet

Analyzing a journal article
Worksheet and guidelines for analysing a journal article in depth
Download the Literature synthesis table here
This table helps you to keep your literature organised

Reading Scholarly Information

How to read academic works

How to skim read

Anatomy of a journal article

How to read and understand a scientific paper

There's a great detailed guide from the LSE blog on reading and understanding a scientific paper. It is summarised in the image below.