enzyme paper

The Step-by-Step Guide to References

· Finding Scholarly Articles on JSTOR

· Using RefWorks

· Effortlessly Making a References Page

1. Sign into MyCourses. Click on this class (BSC2010L, #1704). Once on our class homepage, scroll down until you see the “SPC Resources” heading. Click on “Library Resources and Services”.

2. Once on the SPC Libraries page, click on “Databases by Subject” from the top menu bar. Out of the available categories, choose “Sciences”. A bunch of scholarly search engines should show up and pick your favorite one out of the options. I like JSTOR , but EBSCO is cool too.

3. Use the search engine to look up your topic of interest. Remember, if you are performing an advanced search , use the AND function properly. By that I mean, put each new search query in a new box. The only time that you would enter multiple words into an advanced search bar is if those words are part of a phrase that goes together. (“Candy Corn” is the kind of 2-word phrase that you would put in one box instead of two. Searching these two words together has a better chance of yielding results about the Halloween treat. If you entered these words separately, you’d get results for both confections and maize)

a. First, search for an article or two on catalase, the enzyme we will be working with in Week 4. You should look for information on how changes in pH, temperature, and/or enzyme/substrate concentration will affect catalase function.

b. After you get one or two articles on catalase, search for a couple on your special enzyme you found paper-clipped to your Enzyme information packet. You should look for information how changes in pH, temperature, and/or enzyme/substrate concentration will affect the function your enzyme.

4. Once you find an article that looks like it might be relevant, click on it. Click on “Citation Tools” and then from the dropdown menu, click on “Export Citation”. On the Export Citations page, you will see that RefWorks is listed under the “Select a Format” heading. Click on RefWorks. NOTE: If you have a pop-up blocker on your computer, you might need to disable it or click “Always Allow Pop-Ups From This Site”.

5. You will be taken to the RefWorks website. Click on “Sign up for a New Account” in red. For step 1, enter your e-mail address, choose a login name, create a password. Hit Next. For step 2, put in your name, select Biology, select Student. Click “Create Account”. Once you create your account, you will be taken to your account homepage. You will have a lot of Welcome to RefWorks-type messages, but you can exit out of them. The article that you clicked on earlier should be hanging out in your References Section. Now every time you choose an article from JSTOR or EBSCO and you export it to RefWorks, it will automatically shoot it into your References list. NOTE: When you’ve built up a good list of articles, take a screenshot of the page and print it out for me so that I can see that you made a RefWorks account and you know how to use it. I am looking for your name in the corner and 2-3 articles present on your References list. To take a screenshot on a Mac, press (at the same time) Command+Shift+3. The picture will be on your desktop. For any other kind of operating system, hit (at the same time) Alt+PrntScrn. If a pop-up comes up asking what to do with the screenshot, click on “copy” then paste it into Word. If no pop-up comes up, you should be able to paste it right away. Print that baby out and you are solid for class on Week 3!

6. When you’ve got enough articles, click on the “Create Bibliography” button up top. You have the choice to include all of the articles in your list but if only some of your articles are relevant, you can exit out of that “Create Bibliography” pop-up and check box the articles you want to include. This way, when you hit “Create Bibliography”, the resulting References page will contain only the articles you checked. Your Output Style should be Council of Science Editors (CSE) 7th Edition Name-Year Sequence. The File Type is up to you, but if you choose a Word option, you’ll get a download of your completed References page. Always check for errors because while websites like RefWorks are awesome, they are also automatic and can make mistakes.

7. Add your completed, proofread, and relevant References page to your paper. Make sure the font and margin formatting matches.