How to read a journal article

Know the structure Identify the parts How to read quickly Where to get help

Objectives

Common structure to articles in sciences & social sciencesarts & humanities work differently

Abstract

paragraph that appears before the article provides a summary of the entire article

Literature Review

beginning of the article provides information about past studies that have been done on this topic

follows the literature review has different titles eg experimental procedureinformation on how the analysis was done

Methodology

Results

follows the methodscould be called results or findingsgives information about findings when data was analyzed

Conclusion

conclusion or discussion follows results section summarizes main findings and why they are important

Text creditsAdapted from:How to Read a Journal Article: Pine Forge Presshttp://www.pineforge.com/ballantine2study/read.htm last accessed March 2011

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