is more authentic..! previous paper may form basis for new research that you might do.. you learn about the techniques and methods others are following.. you may discuss your findings and compare them with the previously done research of others.. you learn how to scientifically write a paper on your own how to make figures, tables, and cite the references.! there are thousands and thousands of research papers already existing in the online journal databases, and for efficient searching. Two things are crucial. First, what you are looking for, And second, where to look it for..! So first, let's talk about what you are looking for.. you must be very specific while searching a topic. Suppose you want to search for research on how the sound waves affect plants.. so rather than just looking everything about sound or everything about plants, narrow down the search and choose specific keywords, which are close to what you actually need, You may add another filter, such as publication year, journal name, or the author name..! this way, you will narrow down your search result to get the more specific papers.. next comes where to look it for. I know most of the students and researchers do is just Google it.. but Google returns a lot of data. And most of it is not authenticated research.. I always recommend you to read good papers that are peer reviewed. and cited in index journals.? here are the few search engines that one can use to search the research articles: Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct,, Biomed-Central, etc.. If you have never seen a research paper before,, try downloading it results are obtained,. what the results signify, etc. are discussed under the discussion conclusion, where the outcomes of the research is briefly summarized in few sentences.. the next section is references.. all the papers referred by this research, articles, whether it is mentioned in the introduction methods or the discussion is cited, and details of all those papers are provided in the reference section..! acknowledgments here, funding agencies and people are acknowledged for their contribution in providing facilities, funds, material or any such help.. author and their contribution. This part tells who has done what in this research paper. So now, you know the parts of research paper,, how to download them? and next you want to read it. never start reading complete research paper at first, it will take a lot of time, and many of you don't have that time