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Understanding Scholarly/Academic Research

Learn about research formats & methodology, credibility & relevance, peer-review & scholarly as well as impact metrics when choosing research content

Structure of a Scholarly Article

The structure of a scholarly article includes:

  • a hypothesis: a proposed question
  • a methods section
  • conclusions
  • suggestions for further research
  • a citation reference list

From: https://sites.psu.edu/bee11/start-in-the-library/child/

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