ABSTRACT
How to appraise a paper Much work has been done as part of the ‘evidence-based5 movement on critical appraisal skills for both healthcare professionals and librarians. What is critical appraisal and what is the difference between ‘critically appraising’ an article and simply reading it? If you have done a literature search and copied an article, why can’t you just read it rather than doing a critical appraisal ?
