ABSTRACT
Tomanystudents,theprospectofreadingaresearchreportinaprofessionaljournalelicitssomuch fearthatnoinformationis,infact,transmitted.Such apprehensiononthepartofthereaderisnotnecessary,
5andwehopethatthisarticlewillhelpstudentsunderstandmoreclearlywhatsuchreportsareallaboutand willteachthemhowtousetheseresourcesmoreeffectively.Letusassureyouthatthereisnothingmysticalormagicalaboutresearchreports,althoughthey
10maybesomewhatmoretechnicalandpreciseinstyle, moreintimidatinginvocabulary,andmorelikelyto refertospecificsourcesofinformationthanareeverydaymassmediasources.However,onceyougetbeyondtheseintimidatingfeatures,youwillfindthatthe
15vastmajorityofresearchreportsdoagoodjobofguidingyouthroughaprojectandinformingyouofimportantpointsofwhichyoushouldbeaware.
