GUIDELINES IN DOING RESEARCH

Main Sections of a Research Paper

As stated in most research paper guidelines, the main sections are:

 Title page

It includes the title of your essay, as well as your name and institutional affiliation. (You
can use our title page generator for it)

 Abstract

This is a broad overview of a paper. It takes from 100 to 300 words, so short assignments
don’t require abstracts.

 Introduction

State the thesis statement and explains why the issue is important.

 Literature review

Describe the previous researches related to your topic.

 Materials and Methods

This part explains the research methodology. In particular, you’re to write how you
collected data and what methods you used.

 Results

Present the results of your research.

 Discussion/Conclusion

Analyze the results and discuss how they relate to the previous researches.

 References

Provide an alphabetized list of all the sources you were using. Among other things you
should include in a research paper are: graphs and tables depicting experimental results
and statistics-in order to ensure better readability, you might want to include them in the
appendices section.