What does a Scholarly Article Look Like?
Title: a clear and succinct expression of the article's topic
Authors: all of the authors should be listed, with their institutions
Abstract: summary of the article
Introduction: background information and a description of the author’s purpose
Materials & Methods: how the study was performed with enough detail so that other scientists could repeat the study
Results: includes new observations, data and findings
Discussion and/or Conclusion: what the findings mean and their implications; potential criticisms; avenues of future research
References: a listof all the works used or referred to in the paper
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Reading a scholarly article
Scholarly vs popular journals
Understanding scholarly articles
