Welcome to Chapter Two—South by Southeast: 
where original research is reviewed and 
published.
In this quadrant  research undergoes a review 
process.  Dissertations are reviewed by the 
candidate’s committee before the dissertation is 
As with the previous video, I am going to show 
you examples of the different types of 
publications that occur at this stage in the 
 While not every research project results in a 
patent or technical report, almost  all scientists 
strive to have their research published in a peer-
This is an example of a the home page for the 
online version of the journal American Midland 
Naturalist, another scholarly, peer-reviewed 
I am showing you a citation and abstract for an 
article in American Midland Naturalist as the 
citation appears in one of the Library’s online 
Remember that in the sciences, the primary 
literature discusses original and current research.  
In a formal publication, primary research can be 
I  have now completed our review of the primary 
literature half of the diagram.
 
This concludes Chapter Two. You are now ready 
to move on to Chapter Three—South by 
Southwest, where primary research is 
