Biology including Anatomy and Physiology: Fnding articles in print periodicals

The following list of scientific journals are located in the periodicals tower.

JADA: Journal of the American Dental Association

• Table of Contents: Original Contributions

New England Journal of Medicine

• Table of Contents: Original Articles

 Science

• Table of Contents: Research Articles

Research Article

• Contains an abstract (summary of the article)
• Contains a problem statement identifying the topic
• Tells how the research has been conducted.
• Describes the methods used in gathering data
• Discusses the results of the study
• Gives a conclusion discussing the study's implications for the profession

General Article 

(summarizing a research article)

• Tries to pull together the literature on a topic and summarize the findings of others
• May have an abstract and conclusion
• Does NOT contain the methods and individual steps used to conduct the original studt
• Written for general readers in less technical language than a research article.