For this assignment, you are looking for news articles and not research articles.
You may be wondering: But how can I tell the difference?
Here are some general guidelines to help you understand the major differences.
| News Articles | Research Articles (AKA Journal Articles) |
|---|---|
| describe news, usually an event or discovery | describe a research study |
| published in news sources | published in research journals |
| written for a general audience using mostly everyday language | written for the scientific community and often uses highly scientific vocabulary |
| written in a single section or may have topic-based headings | often contain specific sections typical of research articles including an Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion |
| may include links to sources and/or a few references at the end of the article | usually have MANY references at the end of the paper and include MANY citations throughout the writing |
