2. Types of Science Literature
Popular Interest Primary Research Secondary Research
Author
Definition
Features
Used for
Example http://www.npr.org/sections/he
alth-
shots/2016/09/26/495477531/
walking-fends-off-disability-and-
its-not-too-late-to-start
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p
mc/articles/PMC4266388/pdf/n
ihms602072.pdf
http://www.bmj.com/content/3
54/bmj.i4707.long
3. Layout of Primary Articles
• List sections of the article along with basic
description of each
4. Paraphrasing Research
• Putting another’s work in your own words
• Includes a citation
Tips:
• Make sure you know the definition for all of the words in
the section you are paraphrasing
• Try to summarize larger sections of text
• Explain to a friend who isn’t studying the same thing
5. Example
In a second large-scale analysis
of over 20000 recipients of the
human papillomavirus vaccine,
researchers found that the
frequency of adverse events,
including appendicitis and
spontaneous abortions, were
the same for a control group of
people who did not receive this
vaccine (Angelo et al. 2014).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
articles/PMC4230467/
