Library Research Paper
Nowadays the number of students who is absorbed by the Internet is great. And when you get a
task the first thing you do is to turn to the Internet resources in order to find some information on
the topic.
But what about libraries? Libraries are the places which were so interesting for the students and
where all secrets were hidden. Libraries have the spirit which concentrates students on studying.
Let us remember how interesting and thrilling it was to create library research papers. How proud
we were to say that we were the authors of a real library research paper.
Library research paper creation was a process when students spent a lot of time out of home,
sitting in libraries for hours and reading a lot of books.
But not all the traditions have been saved. Today, when we want to get some piece of unique
information we should visit our old friend, a library.
I think, now it is high time to create a little library research paper writing plan.
1. You should choose a library research paper topic. You should know for sure what kind of
information you have to find out, on what subject, etc.
2. Ask your tutor to give you the names of different authors the works of which turn out to be
helpful for your library research paper.
3. Decide right now what subject you are going to study. Go to that section and start searching.
4. Remember that your library research paper is not a retelling of the book. You use libraries
only to gather the information but not to make copies.
Library research papers are full of different references and citations. So, pay attention what style
should be chosen. In order not to be blamed in plagiarism you have to be very attentive when you
use citations. Do it correctly.
As you can see there are no difficulties in library research paper writing. You should have legs,
hands and abilities to read and write. Everything else will come with time. Good luck!
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Library Paper Bio14
How to write a library research paper
Goal of assignment:
Learning how to summarize information clearly and succinctly is one of the most important skills
you can learn in college. Your primary goal in this assignment is to summarize, in your own
words, what is known about a topic, including the current state of knowledge. Your paper should
summarize recent work and provide a historical perspective (remember science does not occur in
a vacuum but builds on earlier results and observations). Follow the guidelines below and consult
chapter 8 in A Short Guide to Writing About Biology, 7th edition for further details.
The paper should include:
1. A synthesis of information on your topic. (Your discussion must integrate the various sources
that you found; it should not be a series of summaries of individual articles without a discussion of
the relationships among them.)
2. An organization that develops the topic clearly. Usually this involves:
1. A Title. You must convey significant information
2. An overview (1-3 paragraphs in length). This is your opportunity to develop the idea(s).
Use reference materials and secondary literature to establish context and to introduce existing
hypotheses. By the end of this section your reader should know where you are heading (what are
your goals).
3. A presentation of recently published results. Use new data from primary literature (data
papers). Give summaries of the observations or experimental results that support specific
ideas/hypotheses/conclusions in your overview. In other words, you must support your assertions
with concrete examples. (Don't ignore studies that run counter to your expectations.)
4. A summary paragraph. Here you will summarize the current state of knowledge and
suggest avenues for further research.
5. A literature cited section. You must include all the references you cited in your paper. (Do
not include those that you read but did not cite.)
Mechanics of writing the paper (expectations):
(see "Keys to Success" in chapter 1 of Pechenik for list of rules to follow)
1. Don't quote but clearly attribute each concept, idea, definition etc. to the literature source
from which you got it. Do this using in-text citation of the sort you see in the laboratory manual.
(Rules 2 & 3)
2. Each reference you cite in your paper should have its full citation in your literature cited
section. Only references used in your paper should be in your literature cited section.
3. All references in the literature cited section should be in the correct citation format. Also see
the example citations at the Bio14 web site
(http://ase.tufts.edu/biology/courses/bio14/citfrmat.htm).
4. You should use at least six sources: two sources from the primary literature(original data
papers), two sources from the secondary literature (books and reviews) and two web resources.
Each source should relate directly to the topic you have selected. The literature cited section
should be in alphabetical order by the first author's last name; do not separately list the primary,
secondary and web resources.
5. Write clear, concise statements about the topic. You will need to understand the topic and
the literature very well before you will be able to summarize it effectively. (Rules 4-6)
6. Provide clear summaries followed by specific examples (Rule 8) . You might write: "The
mating success of insects is extremely temperature dependent. For example, Bernheim and
Furhman (1988) found that ..."
7. Always distinguish your ideas from those presented in the papers (Rule 9).
8. Plan to finish a first draft at least several days before the final paper is due (Rule 10).
9. Revise a day or two later according to Rules 11-16, so that you present your thoughts
logically, succinctly and clearly.
10. Don't forget to italicize or underline all scientific names and proofread before handing in your
paper (Rules 17-25).
Before you hand in the paper, make sure you have: (1) checked off the list at the end of
chapter 8, and (2) answered yes to the questions inside the back cover of Pechenik. Your paper
will be evaluated on the above criteria (identified in bold face above).
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