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Literature sources, Term Paper & Review Articles - Coggle Diagram
Literature sources
Know where to find sources:- Google scholar, Pubmed, University library
Become familiar with the most important science databases.
Select the most relevant references
Distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.
Verity your references against the original document.
Evaluate Web sources before use.
Manage your references well.
Use appropriate search terms
search only the keywords, representing the main concepts of your topic. Including other term may exclude relevant sources that do not contain the non-key words.
verify their content and that of their citations
Websites that contain reliable information often have a domain extension of "edu" (education) or " gov" (government) or "ac" (academic) rather than "com" (commercial) or "net" (Internet).
Does the person who created the website have expertise or credentials? Is it a reputable organization? Is their purpose clear? Is the information currents?
Determine whether Web sources are credible: use
https://usm.maine.edu/library/checklist-evaluating-web-resources
https://www.library.kent.edu/criteria-evaluating-web-resources
when using references found in other sources, verify them against the original.
Read all references you cite to prevent false representation of the reference or the information within.
primary: original, (peer-reviewed,) report with new data, results, and theories. (Scientific journal articles; these, dissertations, conference proceedings, speeches)
Secondary: analysis and discussion about primary sources (review articles, literacy criticisms, some textbooks commentaries)
Tertiary: compile and reorganized information from secondary sources. (some textbooks, dictionaries, manuals, Wikipedia)
Google Scholar: free site,, peer review journals, online. (Europe and America)
HighWire: free, full text, science articles, (3,500) peer review journals, e books, conference proceedings, databases.
MEDLINE: 4,000 journal titles, Broad coverage, basic biomedical, research and clinical sciences, international.
PubMed: over 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. full-text published works links may be in references
Web of Science more than 8,000 peer-reviewed journals. Web access to Science Citation Index Expanded, 6,300 international science and engineering journals.
Biosis: online version of Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts, Reports, Reviews, and Meetings; literature references from all of the life sciences
Currents Content: all science editions of the Current Contents Search database
Scopus: broad international coverage of the sciences and social sciences
Term Paper & Review Articles
Select a topic of appeal and importance
Make information understandable
Make the title short but informative
use simple words , avoid excessive jargon, avoid technical detail,
summarize primary source data or highlight new ideas.
Organization
Format: title, (abstract), introduction, made analysis (with headings and subheadings), section, conclusion/recommendations, (acknowledgment, (for publications)), references
outline: organize gathered information into sections (headings and subheadings).
Link all ideas under each subheading
Write the Abstract as a table ot and include: Background (optional), Problem statement (optional), Topic of review, Overview of content
Organize the Main Analysis section logically: Chronologically, Thematically
Conclusion: sunrise, your topic, generalize interpretations, and provide some significance
References: cite, primary and secondary sources
Write iteratively
Reread the source articles; ensure nothing is missed, Identify additional papers, and resort material as needed.
Choose a well defined well studied topic. read recent research articles, reading editorials, and letters to editors regarding the topic to find hot topics.