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Nursing Scholarly Writing & Evidence-Based Practice: Appraising Article Types

A guide to help you employ strategy in searching for, locating, and citing scholarly research

What's On This Page

On this page you'll find examples of different types of primary and secondary research articles. 

Tips to Remember:

  • Start with the title and work your way down through publication type, subjects, abstract, journal subset and instrumentation.
  • Reviews, systematic analyses, and meta-analyses are examples of secondary research, and do not count toward your 5 primary research articles.
  • Mixed methods research uses qualitative AND quantitative, so remember to check for both.