This information normally shows up at the beginning or first page of a research article. The authors, titles, and publication information will help you create a citation in your own work for the research article. The abstract can be used to determine how well the article content is likely to fit with your research needs.
This section usually comes directly after the introduction to the research. The authors go over previous research they have looked at that relates to the study they will present, and mention any connected conclusions or questions that were raised by this past research others have conducted. This section will contain frequent in-text citations so that readers can track down the related research studies if they wish.
This section may show up either before or after the "Results" section of the research article, and will include the actual figures or values collected during the research study.
After the methodology and data sections, the research article will discuss what was discovered (or confirmed) and what it seems to mean. The "Discussion" section is sometimes called "Conclusions." Note that the results of a research study might not be conclusive-- in other words, the data will suggest something, but not prove it completely.
This is the full list of the sources mentioned and used in the research article. It comes at the end of the article.
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