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Anatomy of a journal article

What goes where?And what do they do?

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What’s on the title page?

• Title• Authors (& affiliations)– Helps you identify author credentials

• Abstract– Summary of article: to save time, read this first

and decide whether you want to use the article• Keywords/Subjects– To help you find related articles

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Content• Introduction / Literature review– Overviews existing research and identifies gaps– Justifies purpose of study

• Body– Methodology– Results of quantitative or qualitative research– Discussion of results

• Conclusion– Limitations of current study– Suggestion for future research

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References

• What other sources and material were cited by the author in this article?

• Are they reliable?

• Are they useful for you?

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Title Authors

Discussion of results Introduction

Conclusion References

Results Abstract

Methodology Literature Review

Keywords/ Subjects

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