Because scholarly journal articles are much longer than other types of articles, it's important that you learn a strategy for determining if an article is relevant to your research before you commit to reading it in full.
The following video shares a strategy for how to initially approach reading a scholarly article, particularly empirical / original scholarly journal articles in the sciences and social sciences disciplines.
"How to Quickly Scan & Evaluate a Scholarly Article" (3:12) by QVCC Library is licensed under CC BY 3.0