Reading primary literature is an exciting, rewarding part of being a scientist and Reading Primary Literature will help get readers up to speed quickly in reading research articles. The booklet covers the parts of a research paper, succinctly explaining the aim of each section and how the paper works as a whole, and as a part of the larger world of science. Readers select a paper to evaluate, and this book guides them through that evaluation with clear explanations, directions for reading and analyzing the material, and applied questions to encourage critical reading skills. A list of sources and references at the back helps readers get started finding papers to read. For all readers interested in get readers up to speed quickly in reading scientific research articles.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Introduction to the booklet
Section 2: Finding research articles
Section 3: The Anatomy of a Paper
Section 4: The Introduction
Section 5: The Methods
Section 6: The Results
Section 7: The Discussion
Section 8: Putting it all together
