Most academic writing projects require you to gather, evaluate, and use the work of others.
When you draw upon the work of others, you must give proper credit. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism which is a serious breach of academic integrity. If you learn a few basic rules, you can quickly format your researched papers in accordance with the style required for your course.
Style guides are used to improve the quality and consistency of communications. They set standards for both writing and design, which leads to a unified presentation. Within academia, each discipline has its own documentation style. Biology courses usually require students to use either the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style or American Psychological Association (APA) style. Below are links to print books and web sources on CSE and APA styles.
CSE StyleScientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers - The CSE style guide is available in the print BC3 Library collection. The Council of Science Editors (CSE) is the leading professional association in science publishing. This guide seeks to encompass all areas of the sciences, and it includes references for citing a wide range of sources.
This online, freely available resource maintained by the University of Wisoncsin-Madison Writing Center provides a quick guide to CSE style.
APA StylePublication manual of the American Psychological Association 6th ed. - The APA Publication Manual, available in print in the BC3 Library, describes how to cite sources in APA style and how to format a paper in APA style, which includes formatting title pages, headings, tables, figures, bibliographies, and more.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): APA Formatting and Style Guide - The Purdue Writing Lab is an excellent resource for the basics on using both the APA style.
Two web applications for organizing and managing sources are Zotero and Mendeley.
Zotero website
With medical mysteries, rising death tolls, and conspiracy theories beamed minute by minute through the vast web universe, the coronavirus pandemic has irrevocably altered societies around the world. In this sharp essay, world-renowned philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy interrogates the many meanings and metaphors we have assigned to the pandemic—and what they tell us about ourselves.
Ch. 1. The plague year -- Ch. 2. A history of disease and death -- Ch. 3. From sailors to swine -- Ch. 4. A Swedish adventurer -- Ch. 5. Swine flu -- Ch. 6. A litigation nightmare -- Ch. 7. John Dalton's eyeballs -- Ch. 8. An incident in Hong Kong -- Ch. 9. From Alaska to Norway -- Ch. 10. Mysteries and hypotheses.
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