BIOB51H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Google Scholar, Pubmed, Research Question
7 Feb 2020
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Notes: searching, reading, and evaluating the primary literature: what are journal articles, main ways scientists communicate research findings to each other, primary articles. Peer review process: paper is sent to experts in a particular field for feedback: secondary articles. Vulnerable to interpretation bias: poster must have minimum of 6 sources, balance between themes, developing a research topic, framed as a research question. Sense of well-being is not well defined and untestable: convert the research question into a hypothesis. Questions/predictions: locating journal articles, search for topic in multiple journals, popular sources (e. g. google scholar, databases = sources of scholarly articles. Recommended to use a subject-specific database (e. g. web of science, pubmed: creating a search strategy, keywords: Match words in a title, abstract, or keywords sections of journal articles: (e. g. ) Type ii diabetes and its molecular mechanisms within pancreatic beta cells. Apply limits to search (e. g. web of science: publication years, document types) (e. g. )
