Research Paper Assignment

GSGE 234 Preparing for the Genomic Revolution

“The 21st century, the Genomic Age, promises to revolutionize our biological, medical, social and political world like

nothing else has done since the Industrial Revolution…”

Libraries – at all 4 campuses

1. Ashtonbee Campus Room A-105

2. Progress Campus

3. Centre for Creative Communications Campus

4. Science & Technology Centre Campus

Centennial College Libraries

Libraries website address:

http://library.centennialcollege.ca/

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Ask the Library – contacts

Library offers help with APA style

You can set up an account with RefWorks if you want – software to help you manage your bibliography and in-text citations

Look for booksSTART YOUR RESEARCH on Library homepage…

Sample record – book on the shelf on cloning

Sample records – e-book in the Library on cloning

Look for booksGoogle Books on the Internet…

Sample records – Google e-books on gene testing

Articles research - Library e-resources

Centennial Libraries offers over 100 e-resources (also called “databases”)

Logon required off campus

Some available on campus only, some both on and off campus 24/7

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library.centennialcollege.ca

Distance Access

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Look for articlesSTART YOUR RESEARCH on Library homepage…

Database precision search tools (search strings, fields, full text, etc.)

Look for a specific journal – Does Library have Scientific American magazine?START YOUR RESEARCH on Library homepage…

SelectFull Text Journal List

Does Library have Scientific American magazine?

Look for articles – Google ScholarSTART YOUR RESEARCH on Library homepage…

Searching the INTERNET

Lots of information some good quality (e.g.

unbiased, well researched)

some poor quality (e.g. biased , badly researched)

Remember….anyone can post information on the Internet

Trustworthy websites?

1. 1. Authority (who provides the information?)

2. Accuracy (well researched information?)

3. Currency (up-to-date?)

4. Objectivity (unbiased, factual?)

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Widener University “Evaluate Web Pages” tutorial