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Bio 44 - Citing the biological journal literature
Jason Price, Gale Burrow &/or Mary MartinCUC [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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[Background for Brownbag]
History of assignmentCourse integrationDesign assignment to address existing needMaximize learning to extra work ratioTiming is keySakai and pre-assignmentSession signupsWorkshop builds on pre-assignment
Three learning objectives
How to structure in-text & Lit. cited entries
How to write good citing sentences
How to find journal articles to cite in your competition formal report
In-text citation structure
This is my citing sentence ([in-text citation]).1 author (1st authors last name [no init], year)(Price, 2004)2 authors (Both authors last names, year)(Price and Burrow, 2004) (in order on paper)3 or more authors (First author + et al/and others, yr)(Price et al., 2004) (Price, Burrow, and others 2004) also ok #1 rule: Be consistent
Wilson JB. 1988. The effect of initial advantage on the course of plant competition. Oikos 51(1):19-24.
List all authors in order presented in the paper.Year of publication.Article title.Journal title [Full or Abbreviated Be consistent]Volume #(Issue #): [if available]Pagination [Start page End page]
Literature Cited structure
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Example paper: html version
The PDF
Sakai > Resources > Citing the literature or http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1999.1329
Often the best source of citation information
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Fix it #1: 4 errors (beyond style!)
Year
Vol
St Pg - end pg
1# what year is this? (dont use page number in the sciences) 2# Year out of order, no volume number, no start and end page(not to mention mispelling of first authors name)
(other differences stylistic but probably ok as long as they are consistent)Some profs may want you to follow the style in your lab manual appendix exactly
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Fix it #2: 2 errors
Wrong Year (published in 2000)In text should be Holway and Case, 2000
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Your Turn: Correct your citations
Citing sentence (Holway and Case, 2000).
Holway D and Case T. 2000. Mechanisms of dispersed central-place foraging in polydomous colonies of the Argentine ant. Animal Behaviour 59(2): 433-441.
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Citing Sentence Rules
Do not cite from the introduction (0)
Paraphrase a main point the paper provides evidence for (+1)
Be specific and clear (+1)
Tie the main point of the paper to your experiment/research results (n/a here)
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Poor: does not cite a main point (0 pts) *the study does not address other species
Citing sentence examples
If they thought this, how it relates to what I am doing (relate to current work/experiement)
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Citing sentence examples
Average: Cites main point (+), is not specific (-) (1pt)
If they thought this, how it relates to what I am doing (relate to current work/experiement)
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Citing sentence examples
Good : Cites a main point, is specific and clear (2pts)
find main result in the figures (This from fig 5) very good idea! (always pay attention to the figures and data!) good place to mine a specific point
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The location of food can affect the among-nest distribution of Argentine ant workers (Holway and Case, 2000).
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