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Anatomy of a scholarly article

Title

Uses professional language and terms.

Authors

Usually lists institution and contact information.

Abstract

Summary of the main article.

Introduction

Provides information on related research and applications.

Typically where the thesis is found.

Methodology and Results

How the research was conducted and what was found.

Conclusion

Draws conclusions about the research and links it back to the thesis statement.

This section informs about the research issues and if there are opportunities to build off the research in the article.

References

Lists the works cited by the authors.