The Structure of a Scholarly Article From Start to Finish 

1. Title

• This will tell you what the title of the article is. It might also include the journal title. 

2. Authors

• There may be 1 to 20 ( or sometimes more!) authors listed. Order of authors often indicate importance. 

3. Abstract

• This is a summary of the article. 

4. Keywords

• list of descriptive words or phrases related to the content of the article

5. Body of text

• Introduction 
  • is an overview of the research question, the study, and results. 
• Literature Review
  • What we know
  • A systematic review of previous research done on the same topic, to show gaps in information and the need for a new study.
• Methodology
  • describes the design of the research study, the theories used, the number of participants, the tools used to analyze the data, the types of tests used to analyze the data
• Discussion
  • authors review the data from the study, this section may have a lot of graphs, charts, images, and text
• Conclusion
  • reviews the findings and often includes mention of possible future studies. 

6. References

• a list of all works the authors used to inform their work.