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OTA 235: Professional Practice Skills (Cozzens)

Locating Important Pieces of Information

The Abstract

The abstract gives you an overview of what the article is about.

The Introduction

The introduction allows the author to introduce their research and put their work within the scholarship of the topic.

Method/Methodology

The method or methodology tells the reader how the research was conducted.

The Results and Discussion

Results tell the reader what exactly was found. The discussion weighs the implications of the findings.

The Conclusion

The conclusion summarizes the findings.

The References

References allow the author to connect their work to other works in the scholarly conversation on the topic.