Primary articles and review articles are both types of scholarly articles and both can be found by searching the library's databases.
| Primary Articles | Review Articles |
|---|---|
| Articles that report on original research. | Articles that compile and summarize research conducted by others. |
| Will have a methods section that discusses the experiment or project the authors conducted. | Will usually not have a methods section. If there is a methods section the authors will discuss searching databases to find the articles that they based their review on. |
| Provide detailed information about a specific area of research. Find the latest information on a research topic. | Provide a summary or overview of research on a topic. Find background or history on a research topic. |
Reference managers are applications that help you manage references and generate citations and bibliographies. If you have never used one before, Zotero is a good choice. It has lots of features and good help information available.
More Help from Zotero:
A Short Guide to Writing about Biology by 
Writing in the Biological Sciences by 
Reporting research: a biologist's guide to articles, talks, and posters by 
Doing Your Literature Review by 
The CSE Manual, Ninth Edition by 
Evaluating Research Articles from Start to Finish by 
Critical reading : making sense of research papers in life sciences and medicine by 
Planning, proposing, and presenting science effectively : a guide for graduate students and researchers in the behavioral sciences and biology by 
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