parts

• Descriptive information that lets readers search for an article.

  Title, Author Abstract, Keywords
• What is the context for this project?

  How does it fit on the other research on this topic?

  WHAT is the research question?

  Introduction
• What did the author do to answer the research question?

  Methods
• what was the answer to the question?

  THIS is often shown in tables and figures

  Results
• What is the significance of this project?How does it fit in with what else is known about the topic?

  Discussion/ conclusion
• materials the author cited

  References