Primary Literature or Primary Research as opposed to Secondary Research
History:
     Primary sources: Materials were created during the time period being studied or were created at a later date by a participant in the events being studied (as in the case of memoirs).  They reflect the individual viewpoint of a  participant or observer. (Diaries, newspaper and magazine articles, speeches, laws, opinion polls, statistics, photographs, letters)
     Secondary sources: interprets or analyzes an historical event or phenomenon.  It is generally at least one step removed from the event and is often based on primary sources. (scholarly or popular books and articles, reference books and textbooks.)

Sciences
     Primary Resources… research notes, journal articles on new advances
     Secondary research…journal articles that discusses a number of research articles.  Works that interpret or analyze the content of the primary sources. Also, most reference books, text books, and scholarly publications are secondary resources. 

What are Empirical Research or Empirical Articles
 A research article that reports the results of a study that uses data derived from actual observation or experimentation
http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/SOCI/empirical_research.htm (description of how to recognize)
http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/SOCI/Sample%20empirical%20article.htm (few pages from an empirical article)  

Differences between Journals, Trade magazines, and Magazines  
http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/MUSIC/Types%20of%20Periodicals.htm

What is a Literature Review or Review article

      Literature Review: An assignment where the student will locate and read all the articles published on a topic, often within a recent time period.  Common assignment in the Education Department for people working on a thesis or project.

Review Article: An article that critically evaluates articles that have already been published.  Typical review article will include discussion of discuss 3-6 articles on the same topic.
http://www.library.fullerton.edu/ASP/LibTemplate.aspx?version=1&showoption=researchhowdoi&contentpage=../content/IandISunit/instruction/rhdi_findliteraturereviews.htm A how to do find articles that review the literature (a review article)

Review paper: Sometimes students are to write a review of the topic.  This means they are to choose a number of articles on a narrow topic and compare, discuss and contrast.  Details of this assignment with vary immensely and you should encourage student to check with their professor if they are confused.

Peer Reviewed scholarly journals and plain scholarly journals
 How to find out if the article is peer reviewed: Ulrichs, read the journal web page, SFX Menu

What is an Annotated Bibliography and how is it different from a regular Bibliography
 Bibliography with a paragraph of description attached http://users.library.fullerton.edu/cbruns/annotatedbib.htm

Differences Between Books Reviews and Literary Criticism

              Reviews: short description, with possibly a recommendation, written at the time the book was published
                         Best database to find these in.... Book Review Digest and Academic Search Premier (enter review in second line)
                         Note:  Not all books are reviewed.  This is especially true if the book the student has chosen is not top notch or is popular reading.

             Literary Criticism: Long detailed articles published in book or literary journal.  These articles or essays analyze, criticize, and evaluate the work.  Can be published at any time.
                   Best databases to find these in...MLA, Humanities Full Text, and Academic Search Premier (limit to peer reviewed)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xYkiN4-gl8  The Reference Interview