How do we do research papers for AP Biology?
Sharon Comstock
(scomsto@vertex.ucls.uchicago.edu)
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Coauthors
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Sharon Comstock, Sharon Housinger, Science
University of Chicago Lab High School |
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Subject Areas
| Information Science, Science |
Grade Levels
Unit Keywords
Rationale of the Unit
| To teach students the research process in the context of their AP biology class: resources to use, how to assess information, how to access types of materials (electronic and traditional), and how to follow one's own research interest. |
Background and Resources
ACCESSIBLE FROM HOME:
Please note that the sites listed below that are easily accessible off campus are general sources. They provide links to specific online sources that may not necessarily peer-reviewed. However, they do provide background and context for your topic.
Virtual Library
www.virtuallibrary.org
Science: http://vlib.org/Science.html
Medicine and Health: http://vlib.org/Medicine.html
Psychology: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi/
American Psychological Association:
www.apa.org
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
Click on "Online Texts"
American Associaton for the Advancement of Science
"Science Magazine"
http://www.sciencemag.org/
--Click on "Subject Collection" button to browse articles from 1995-current issues.
*Note: This magazine is sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is quite useful for its archives and topical coverage. A U of C portal gives you access to much more than if you access this from home.
LAB SCHOOL RESOURCES:
If you are just beginning your research process and want a general overview with excellent supporting resources, we suggest:
Grolier Online
This electronic database is only available in Lab School libraries. It contains overview articles, links to specific articles covering the major issues/developments of the topic, and web links. This is a "closed" database, which means that you never really are on the Internet. You always stay within the parameters of the database product.
How to get there:
1. Start at the Lab homepage: www.ucls.uchicago.edu
2. Click on "UCLS Libraries"
3. Click on "Middle School Library" (It's not a "young" resource; it just got linked that way! This will be changing soon....)
4. Click on "Grolier Online"
5. Now enter your search term -- keyword fashion
6. Click on appropriate encylopedic articles that appear
7. You will also see in the upper right corner of the Grolier page buttons that say "Periodicals" and "Web." These are additional resources that give you more depth, and we recommend you look at these (current to 2001). (BTW, remember to site your source as the article itself *and* as Grolier Online with the accession date.)
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARY GATEWAY
Access to full text articles and abstracts only from a University gateway (i.e. Rowley or at one of the U of C Libraries)
1. Begin at the UCLS homepage
http://www.ucls.uchicago.edu/
2. Go to "Research"
3. Go to "University Library"
A. Click on "Library Collections and Subject Guides"
--Click on Crerar (Science) for a list of links selected by Crerar reference librarians
--Go to "Electronic Resources"
B. Click on "Crerar" for science databases: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/db/
--Click on "Biology" for biology databases:
--For online resources across biology: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/reg
--For full-text articles in the biology scroll down to:
ProQuest Direct
C. Useful once you have a journal title or if you want to browse (on "Electronic Resources" page):
--Click on appropriate first letter of the journal you're searching. Some journals are full text, some are abstracts.
--Good source: "Science Direct"
--click on "MedLine"
--or search the whole database in top search box
4. Go to "WorldCat"
A. In the pull-down menu in FirstSearch, go to "ArticleFirst"
--Type in keyword search terms and check "Full text" box to retrieve full articles. Leave this box empty for all citations.
5. Go to "Reference"
A. Click on "Subject Specialists"
--Scroll to "Science"
This will bring you to a list of resources to browse.
RESOURCES AT ROWLEY LIBRARY IN REFERENCE:
R 500 F14
"Today's Science on File"
Search by topic/subject in index (yellow pages)
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Activities and Open-ended problems
IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES -- activities and discussions within synchronous classes
Instructional visit by librarian to discuss the research process
Teaching students how to spin off their own Inquiry Units
Brainstorming the research topic
LAB ACTIVITIES -- work to do in labs or other special settings
ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF CLASS / INDEPENDENT WORK
Library research
Using the Inquiry Page to guide the research process--
OPEN-ENDED PROBLEMS -- creative extensions
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Dialogues, Discussions, and Presentations
FACE-TO-FACE DIALOGUES
GROUP DIALOGUES
ON-LINE DIALOGUES
IN-CLASS DISCUSSIONS
PRESENTATIONS
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Assessment, Related Questions, and Story of the Unit
ASSESSMENT
RELATED QUESTIONS
STORY OF THE UNIT -- How did it go?
RESPONSES FROM OTHERS (teachers)
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