Tommy Torres
INF 102 Sec. 1
February 25, 2013, Monday-Wednesday Class 8:00 am to 9:20 am
Source: Survive and Thrive – Science Graduate Students–Library Research … libguides.uta.edu
Professor Rodriguez started with an overview of the different types of scientific articles. This information was obtained from the CSE Manual Book. Briefly, she discussed the following types (formats):
A) Research report= these are articles pertaining to scientific investigations. These articles are based upon findings that emanate from such investigations. These articles are sent to scientific magazines were they undergo a peer review process. This process is performed by a group of experts of the same field. They either accept or reject theses articles for publication. If they are rejected they will return the articles accompanied by letters that specifically set forth the reasons behind the rejections. These articles, in order to get publish, must follow the following structure (format): abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and references.
B) Review articles= these are not research reports rather in these are summaries/compendium of various published articles. Even though they follow the same structural format as research reports.
C) Editorials= these are articles written by the magazine’s editors. They usually pertain to the editor’s opinion, point of views, perspectives, etc.
D) Letters to editor= Usually these are letters written by the magazines readers commenting upon the articles they read. These comments may be positive or negative criticism. Some other times these comments may contribute additional information to a previously published article.
E) Book reviews= these are books’ reports, summaries, reviews, descriptions, etc.
When writing a research article, most of the time, you quote and/or use information that you have had gathered from previously reading other research documents. As you proceed to utilize these data in your research article you are required to acknowledge the source of the data. Consequently, you must provide in your document a section called “References” in which you acknowledge these external sources. In research reports that employ the structure (format) CSE (Council of Science Editors) the references can employ either of two different citation systems. One system is the Name-Year system. The second system, which Prof. Gonzalez explained in class, requires that the author of the document numbers the references exactly in the order in which they appear in the text. People that partake in the natural sciences such as biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics, etc. often utilize the CSE format. Interesting enough, many of the research articles published via internet allows for the readers to click on the reference number, as it appear in the content, and be transferred to the article were that data was obtained originally. The proper format for a CSE reference quote goes as follows:
Last name(space) Name initials.(space) Title of the article.(space) Magazine’s name (no period)(space) Year;Volume:Pages.
i.e.
Cox J, Engstrom RT. Influence of the spatial pattern of conserved lands on the persistence of a large population of red-cockaded woodpeckers. Biol Conserv. 2001; 100(1): 137-150
Source: CSE Quick Citation Guide
In case were there are more than three authors (contributors) then you only mention three and add the acronym et al. This acronym stand for “there are more collaborators”. What follows is an example of how the reference quote should be written:
Last name(space) Name initials, Last name(space) Name initials, Last name(space) Name initials,(space) et al.(space) title of the article.(space) Magazine name (no period)(space) Year;Volume:pages.
If a reference quote requires two or more lines, then these lines start at the same location as the first letter of the first line. In the reference quote you neither include the words “Volume”, “Year”, or the abbreviation for pages “Pgs”.
As a reference to determine which report structure (format) and how to correctly comply with the requirements of the chosen structure we can use as a reference guide: The Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue Owl).
Either on google or yahoo you type purdue owl and sent ===> choose and click on Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) ===> Here appears the page of the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) ===> Type the letters cse inside the box titled Search the OWL and click ===> Click on the address Purdue Owl: Documenting Electronic Sources ===> a section opens titled Documenting Electronic Sources in Specific Discipline, move the mouse arrow to the bottom section and click on The Sciences/CSE Style: Bedford St. Martin’s Online’s Using CSE Style to Cite And document Sources.
Another excellent source can be obtained by typing CSE Style Web Page either in Google or Yahoo then you position the mouse arrow on top of CSE Quick Citation Guide-Penn State-A public Research site. Here you encounter the Penn State University Library Learning Services page.
Prof. Rodriguez talked about APA (American Psychological Association) report structure (format). She mentioned that the references or list of references go on a separate sheet. The references are not numbered. The proper or correct form for an APA reference goes as follow:
Last name, Name initials, Last name, Name initials & Last name, Name initials. (Year). Article Title. Magazine or Journal Title (in italic form), Volume, pages number.
i.e.
Devine, P. G., & Sherman, S. J. (1992). Intuitive versus rational judgment and the role of stereotyping in the human condition: Kirk or Spock? Psychological Inquiry, 3(2), 153-159.
Source: APA Citation Style
When your citation requires two or more lines then the second and all other lines are indented five spaces using as its reference point the first line. When the source of your citation is obtained from a library database with DOI (Digital Object Identifier) then the reference quote of that citation should go as follows:
Last name,(space) Name initials.(space) Date (Year, Month),(space) Title of the page,(space) D-Lib,(space) Volume(pages),(space) http://dx.doi.org/The identifying number/month and year-author last name in lower case followed by number 1 (no space between month, year and author last name). If the reference requires two or more lines then you indent 5 spaces.
i.e.
Niu, J. (2012, March-April). An overview of web archiving, D-Lib,18(3-4),(space)http://dx.doi.org/10.1045/march2012-niu1
Source: APA Citation Examples – UMUC Library
Many library databases assign a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for each of its e-books. The purpose for the DOI in a reference quote is that if the reader clicks on it then the article or e-book from where the data was obtained will appear assuming he/she is reading it from a computer. If the person is reading a paper copy then he/she can input the DOI in their computer and see the source document.
The final material discussed in class was an introduction to a Web page titled PubMed. This Web page is the creation of the National Institute of Health. This site is a scientific database to which university students, scientists, professors, researchers, etc. can search for a vast number of published scientific articles about their investigations.
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