BIOL 1401 General Biology

An Empirical Research Article describes research based on actual observation of experiments.

This type of article usually contains the following sections:

  1. Introduction
   2. Literature review
   3. Methodology
   4. Results
   5. Discussion
   6. Conclusion
   7. References

HINT: Original research in which an experiment has taken place, data was collected and a conclusion was drawn.

A review article is a critical, constructive analysis of the literature in a specific field. The article summarizes, classifies, analyze, and compares the various literature.

A review article relies on using previously published literature or data. New data from the author’s experiments are not presented (with exceptions: some reviews contain new data).

HINT: IT"S A LITERATURE REVIEW