An important part of your research is reading and evaluating your primary research articles. Before you read a primary research article, you should

• Be prepared. Do your background work first.
• Know how to read a scientific article.

Scholarly research articles commonly contain standard elements, though they may be called by different names, appear in different order, or may be grouped together in different ways. It is important to understand these elements to effectively read the article. We will take a look at the following article as an example.