Some Scholarly Article Types

Scholarly articles are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Most of the time, they are research articles, but there are many different types of articles that appear in these publications.

• Research Articles (Empirical Articles) Analyses of data collected for a study. This could be qualitative (surveys, laboratory results) or qualitative (focus groups, systematic observation). Research articles usually have 4 identifiable parts: literature review, methods, results, conclusion
• Theoretical or Conceptual, and Professional Communications Examines existing ideas and/or theories, concepts or ideas about a subject area and discusses how they may or may not apply in a specific situation.
• Case Studies An in-depth, multi-faceted understanding of a complex issue in its real-life setting
• Meta Analysis  Analysis that reviews and combines the results of multiple scientific studies on a narrow topic or issue.
• Literature Reviews Review the published scholarly literature in a particular discipline on a specific topic
• Book Reviews Critical discussion about a book related to the discipline represented by the journal; scholarly books are typically reviewed by other scholars
• Commentary and Letters to the Editor

Libraries and the Deep Web

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