 In his psychology classes, Luke was often required to use research articles. The first time he was asked to find a research article, he was a little confused. Was a research article the same as a scholarly article? Were all the articles he found in database research articles? Luke's professor explained that scholarly journals publish many different types of articles, and not all of them are research articles. When he searched in a database, not all of the articles he would find would be research articles. Research articles are those that report the findings of an original research study or experiment. Some research articles describe quantitative research, some describe qualitative research, and some describe mixed methods research. Another type of article often found in scholarly journals is known as a literature review. In a literature review, the author does not conduct their own original research experiment. Instead, the author reviews articles written by others and summarizes their findings. Along with research articles and literature reviews, Luke learned that scholarly journals sometimes publish other types of articles, such as news articles, book reviews, and commentaries or letters to the editor. Although published in scholarly journals, book reviews, editorials, commentaries, reflections, or other similar articles are not considered to be scholarly articles. These articles did not describe the results of an original research study and they have not been through the peer review process. At first, Luke had difficulty determining the type of article he had found. However, he learned to carefully read the abstract for the article, as is often described what type of article he had found. He also realized that research articles often have a specific format with clearly labeled sections, such as a method section, a result section, and a discussion section. Luke also realized he could enter search terms that describe the type of article he wanted. For example, in addition to his specific search term, he would type in quantitative or qualitative to limit his results to certain types of articles. Learning about the different kinds of articles in scholarly journals made it easier for Luke to find the specific kinds of articles that he needed.