BioEE 1610: Ecology Writing in the Majors (Spring 2013): Overview

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This guide contains select print and electronic resources for the study of ecology.

For this class you'll need to find popular articles and peer-reviewed primary scientific research articles on an issue of interest to you. This guide will show you how.

By the end of this class you'll:

• Identify a topic of interest to you and narrow your focus in order to find relevant information
• Know the difference between popular and primary, secondary, and tertiary scholarly sources; how to go from one to the other; and where to find them in your field at Cornell University Library
• Search article databases and retrieve primary peer-reviewed scholarly articles easily