MXC Library Nursing Orientation

The articles we locate from the web and from the CCC databases fall into a few categories: scholarly, popular, and reference sources. 

• Scholarly sources - original scholarly research created for experts in the field. These are primary sources. These sources may be peer-reviewed.
• Popular sources - summaries or reports on research results created for the general public and non experts. These are secondary sources
• Reference sources - overviews of topics for non experts. These are tertiary sources

What is a Research Article?

Research articles describe research and experiments and are found in peer-reviewed journals. Most research articles include the same elements:

• abstract
• introduction or literature review
• methodology
• results
• conclusion
• discussion
• references

image source: Research Article Elements