BIOL 4960H: Honors Thesis Writing

Articles are the primary way scientists communicate research results. Use an article index or database to find articles on your topic; the citation includes article information like article title, author, journal name, issue, year, and the abstract. 

When you are starting to delve into a new subject, review articles are your best friends. Most article databases will allow you to limit your search just to this type of publication or document. The long reference lists in review articles are also a good way to identify key articles.

Asking questions and taking notes as you read is crucial. See this note-taking template (UNC) for one approach.

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Zotero is a free, open-source citation manager that:

• imports and organizes citations and PDFs;
• recognizes and creates citations for wide range of file types;
• formats citations in thousands of styles including APA and Chicago;
• easily adds in-text citations to Word and Google Doc documents, and creates a bibliography from those citations;
• allows you to add notes to your citation information for later use.

In addition to going through links on the library website, we have 2 other ways to access resources from off-campus.