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How scientific literature works

Science Fresco Library of Congress

These Web sites give good overviews of how scientific literature works in regards to the publication, dissemination, and uptake of research into practice. The site by the Five Colleges of Ohioactually describes one students’ journey through the steps on page three of the tutorial.

http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/biology/biolit/

From University of North Carolina, Biology Research Tutorial, Literature Section of tutorial

http://psychology.kenyon.edu/Psychtutorial/cycle/index.htm

From the Five Colleges of Ohio (Kenyon, Dennison, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster)

 

Reading a Scientific Article

Quick Tutorial on Reading Scientific Papers - www.lib.purdue.edu/phys/inst/scipaper.html

          =This tutorial by Purdue walks you through the steps to reading a scientific paper.

How to Read a Scientific Research Paper - http://hampsire.edu/~apmNS/design/RESOURCES/HOW_READ.html

This guide by Ann McNeal, School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, goes into detail about the structure of a typical scientific research paper and gives advice about how to go about reading and digesting the article.

 

Writing in the Sciences

Check out the Purdue Owl's section on subject specific writing guides.  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/4/

They have links to information for writing in medicine, engineering, social sciences, and more.

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