Primary vs Literature-Based Research Papers
SUNY Oswego is committed to helping its students become skilled writers. Each major has a number of courses that give students an opportunity to develop and refine their writing. This guide was designed to support Geology students in writing two types of research papers:
Primary Research Paper
A paper about experimental scientific research that you have done.
Outline of the paper:
Literature-Based Research Paper
A paper that uses the peer-reviewed literature to investigate your research question.
Outline of the paper: