Reading and understanding this type of article can be challenging. This FAQ will help you develop these skills, which can be learned and improved upon with practice.
The following links offer some excellent advice for reading and interpreting scholarly research articles:
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article (NCSU): Presented here are the first and last pages of a scholarly article. Click on highlighted areas of the article to learn about clues to look for when identifying scholarly articles.
(Note: some of the tips above are written for a specific discipline (science, technology, etc.). They will apply to scholarly articles in other disciplines as well.)