Biology 3210: Molecular Biology: Using What You Find

Plagiarism is an academic offense with potentially severe consequences at the University of Lethbridge.  The University of Lethbridge Calendar (2013/2014) states it this way:

"No student shall represent the words, ideas, images, or data of another person as his or her own. This regulation will affect any academic assignment or other component of any course or program of study, whether the plagiarized material constitutes a part or the entirety of the work submitted (p.78)."

Perhaps think about it this way:  how would you feel if someone used your ideas without acknowledgement?

Be sure to have a clear instruction from your instructor as to what style of citation to use to acknowledge your sources.

If no citation style is specified by your instructor, then consider using one of the standard citation styles:  APA, MLA, or Chicago. 

• Quick Tutorial on Reading Scientific Papers
  A quick, animated tutorial produced by Michael Fosmire from Purdue University that describes the component parts of a scientific paper, outlines the order in which to read a the component parts of a scientific paper (so it is not overwhelming), and identifies some questions you should be asking yourself as you read.  (Used with permission of Michael Fosmire; accessed 2012 July 18.)
   
• How to Read a Scientific Article (PDF)
  In this article, Mary Purugganan and Jan Hewitt of Rice University outline strategies for navigating a scientific articles and provide a template to help readers of such articles to get more from their investment of time doing so.  (Accessed 2012 July 18.)
   
• How to Read Empirical Articles
  Produced by the Writing Center of the University of Conneticut, this document describes what you, the reader, should be asking yourself as you work through reading an empirical article.