As a STEM student, you will read lots of literature; textbooks, review articles, primary research  articles, editorials, letters to the editor, encyclopedias, Wikipedia. The most important of these  is the primary research article. You will read these in your classes, and use them to write  papers and give oral presentations on the information found in these articles.

What is a primary research article and how are primary research articles distinguished from  other kinds of literature? That is the question you will answer in this assignment.

Your assignment is to discuss the features common to primary research articles. Using the Gillen  publication, Reading Primary Literature, other similar publications, and internet sites, discuss the  features that identify an article as primary research. Please note that many articles that are not  primary research articles do have some of the features of primary research articles. Please try to  focus on the features unique to primary research.