Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
A North Carolina State University Libraries guide to understanding the different parts of a scholarly article.
Greenhalgh, T. (1997). How to read a paper: Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about). BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition), 315(7102), 243-246.
Greenhalgh, T. (1997). Education and debate. How to read a paper: Assessing the methodological quality of published papers... third in a series of 10 articles. BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition), 315(7103), 305-308.
Greenhalgh, T. (1997). Education and debate. How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. I: Different types of data need different statistical tests... fourth in a series of 10 articles. BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition), 315(7104), 364-366.
Greenhalgh, T. (1997). Education and debate. How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls... fifth in a series of 10 articles. BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition), 315(7105), 422-425.
Greenhalgh, T. (1997). Education and debate. How to read a paper: Papers that report drug trials... sixth in a series of 10 articles. BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition), 315(7106), 480-483.
Greenhalgh, T. (1997). Education and debate. How to read a paper: Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests... seventh in a series of 10 articles. BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition), 315(7107), 540-543.
Greenhalgh, T. (1997). Education and debate. How to read a paper: Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)... ninth in a series of 10 articles. BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition), 315(7109), 672-675.
Greenhalgh, T., & Taylor, R. (1997). Education and debate. How to read a paper: Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research)... last in a series of 10 articles. BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition), 315(7110), 740-743.
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