Research, Paraphrase, and Documentation

 

                                                                                                             Word version of these instructions

Today in the lab…

            (Group members, please work individually on this assignment.)

 

  1. Use the library’s online resources to locate one source that looks promising for your project.

 

  1. Print the source, or a couple of pages from the source.

 

  1. Read and take notes from the source; then write an original paragraph or two in which you paraphrase some information or ideas and quote some text from the source. (Do not simply summarize the article.) Cite the source properly (parenthetical citations), using CBE name-year style. 

 

  1. Highlight or mark the source paragraphs from which you quote and paraphrase.

 

  1. Type the References entry (in CBE style) for your source (on the same page as your paragraphs).  

 

  1. Staple  your source pages to the printout of your paragraph and references entry, and turn everything in, with your name written on it.

 

  

CBE Format for Articles in a Database (NTIS, Business Source Elite)

 

Author. Date of publication. Title of article. Name of Publication; Volume number (issue number): page numbers.
            Availability statement.

 

Citation Example

Becker T; Knapp M. Oct 2004. A powerful strategy to account for multiple testing in the context of haplotype analysis. Am J Human Genet 75(4):561-70. Available from: InfoTrac OneFile Plus via the Internet. Accessed 13 Oct 2004.

 

Form for In-text Citation
                                (Becker and Knapp 2004)