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Scientific Literature - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Topic statement should argue for particular perspective on the topic
    - - It should also be organized logically; chronologically, thematically, methodologically.
  - - - A good order for your search is; check out tertiary first for ideas, view secondary work to help create an outline and use primary to fill in the outline
        
        After gathering information start an outline and decide subsections
        
        Write iteratively by rereading the sources in filling in the outline
- - - - For very early findings check preprint servers; bioRxiv (http://www.biorxiv.org/), Nature Precedings (http://precedings.nature.com/), and ASAPbio (http://www.asapbio.org/) for biological sciences and medRxiv (http://www.medrxiv.org)
    - - Emerging information is easily accessible online but can lack relevant, reliable and authoritative information and publications
        
        Most important science databases: Google Scholar , HighWire , MEDLINE , PubMed , Web of Science
        
        Other reliable databases: BIOSIS , Current Contents , Scopus , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_databases_and_search_engines
        
        Reliable domain extensions include; .edu, .gov, .ac compared to .com or .net
        
        Use resources to help you check credibility; https://usm.maine.edu/library/checklist-evaluating-web-resources
        https://www.library.kent.edu/criteria-evaluating-web-resources
      - You can tell it’s a review because it is usually in the title or abstract
    - - Books are reliable but tend to be more dated
  - - - Double check a reference you’ve found in another source against the original work
  - - - Use reference managing computer program that download your references such as; EndNote, Mendeley or Zotero.