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Assignment 2A - Coggle Diagram
Assignment 2A
Literature Sources
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Used to cite data, provide evidence, and to show how your interpretations integrate with published scientific knowledge overall
Finding Sources
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A lot of info is available online but may be hard to cite and to find credible sources. Google Scholar is good for peer-reviewed research articles.
Bibliographic databases like PubMed or university libraries provide more credible and structured sources. They usually will include links to the full length journals/articles.
Type of Source
Primary: Original, peer-reviewed (most times), provides new data, results, and/or theories. It's the first time the data is reported.
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Tertiary: Put together and reorganize info provided by mainly secondary sources. HAVE THE MOST DATED INFORMATION AND TAKE THE LONGEST TO COMPLETE.
Science Databases
Many societies have list of useful journals for their disciplines (Society of Conservation Biology, American Society of Cel Biology, etc.)
Google Scholar: free, mostly peer-reviewed journals based from Europe and America's scholarly publishers.
www.scholars.google.com
HighWire: free, full text science articles, >3500 peer-reviewed journals and e-books, conference proceedings & databases
www.highwirepress.com
MEDLINE: produced by US National Library of Medicine and apart of the NIH, international, coverage in biomedical and clinical sciences. www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/medline.html
PubMed: >20mil citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online textbooks. Citations may include links to the full text
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Web of Science: >8k peer-reviewed journals, provide web access to Science Citation Index Expanded--covers 6300 international science & engineering journals
www.clarivate.libguides.com/home
BIOSIS: online version of Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts, Reports Reviews, and Meetings. Has literature references from all life sciences. It's really good for botany research. www.clarivate.libguides.com/webofscienceplatform/bci
Current Contents: covers all the science editions of the Current Contents Search database
www.wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/ccc/
Scopus: international coverage of the sciences and social sciences, indexing 14,000 journals
www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus
Source Material
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It's better to search for articles when you already know what you're looking for. When searching make sure to use keywords to narrow down your search results. --- when using library databases search by keywords only
When reading your textbook or other sources look into the cited references which can lead you to other articles on the topic you're looking for.
Relevant references are those that apply to the content of your writing and your flow of thoughts. Some references may discuss your topic but not important to your arguments.
One indication of the importance of a paper is the number of times it has been cited (newer articles will have fewer)
The higher the impact factor the more important the article is. This can be found on a yearly basis in the Journal Citation Reports through the Web of Science.
Make sure to verify your sources to prevent false representation of the reference or the info within it.
Ensure that every reference in the text is included in the reference list and every reference in the reference list is cited in the text.
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Make a list of your references for organization and tracking.
EndNote, RefWorks, Mendeley, or Zotero are programs that can help.
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