NATSCI 387 CNS Junior Writing

Types of Information

• Finding Authoritative Information (WCC Library)
• Scholarly vs Popular (GRU Library)

Accessing Information

• Develop a Search Strategy
• Use magazine articles to scaffold information or to get a sense of how information is communicated to a non-science audience; use the database Academic Search Premier and limit to magazines.
• Search the database Web of Science and discipline specific databases 

If you are not finding what you need, put in an InterLibrary Loan Request for the item.
To find information specific to a certain discipline, search the Database by Subject section.
To find a certain type of information, search the Database by Type section.

Citing Information

• Use a Citation Manager to collect & organize citations, and create a bibliography.
• http://refworks.proquest.com
• Use the Refworks Write-N-Cite plug-in to write your paper, insert references, and create a bibliography at the end of the paper.
• What do you know about plagarism and how to avoid it? (WCC Library)

Give Feedback to an Instruction session here.