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Information Literacy Modules

How is a journal article organized?

Articles that report research studies (e.g., science and social science) are often organized according to this standard format.

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Review of prior scholarship (literature review)
  • Methodology
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Findings, conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendices
 
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