3. Anatomy of an Academic Article

In this exercise, we will again be using hypothes.is to jointly annotate, but this time it will be an academic article.

Since our theme this week is "Where is the Middle Ages", our article attempts to grapple with the idea of whether we can see the Middle Ages as a global phenomenon - i.e. not limited only to what we now consider Europe. This article is written for specialists and so might take some time to make sense of, even if its purpose is relatively straightforward.

Our text

Catherine Holmes, Naomi Standen, "Introduction: Towards a Global Middle Ages", Past & Present, Volume 238, Issue suppl_13, November 2018, Pages 1–44, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gty030

I have posted this article on Persuall for us to annotate easily. We could also annotate using hypothes.is and Zotero, which I will demonstrate during Wednesday's class time, but do not expect you to use now.

If you do want to try advanced annotation, you'll need to register hypothe.is and sign on to Zotero.

1. Make sure you've created a hypothes.is account and installed the extension (instructions here)

2. Navigate to https://academic.oup.com/past/article/238/suppl_13/1/5230769

3. Make sure you're using a browswer with the hypothes.is extension turned on, you're signed in and your group is set to "FYSM1405D Making the MA".

4. Make sure you've installed and turned on Zotero. Add this article to your Zotero library by clicking on the extension icon on your browser. You can add notes about the article to the "Notes" section of Zotero associated with the article (to have for future use).

5. Start annotating.

Before you get started, I urge you to read the next two pages, where I lay out the academic research/ writing process, so that you can understand a bit how a journal article comes to be. And then I will provide a schematic of how journal articles are organized – highlighting the most efficient ways for you to read secondary sources.