Primary Source:
Secondary Source:
Tertiary Source:
Grey Literature:
Typically, primary/empirical journal articles will have a common structure that includes:
Secondary/review articles frequently contain many of the same sections, but frequently will not have a Methods section. If they do, they will discuss how the articles to be reviewed were found and selected.
Look for a Methods section as a quick check to see if an article may be primary. Read this section to see if the researchers are talking about their new/original research.
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