Chapter 1: The Challenges of Reading; Chapter 2: Trying to Fix Mechanical and Structural Writing Problems with Abstract Tools; Chapter 3: Should I even Read This? How to Read the Abstract, General Introduction and Methods Section; Chapter 4: So What? How to Read the General Literature Review, Psychology Introductions, and Results Sections; Chapter 5: Becoming a Part of the Scholarly Community: How to Read the Discussion and Conclusion; Chapter 6: Highlighting and Organizing the ROF, SPL, CPL, GAP, RFW and POC; Chapter 7: Will the Reading Code Organization Sheet Work on Non-social Science Texts?; Chapter 8: Concluding Remarks.
Summary
This easy to follow guide reveals a tried and tested strategy for decoding social science journal articles, using a specially developed reading code.