BIO 298: Biology Senior Seminar

Welcome to the research guide for BIO298. The goal of this guide is to walk you through selecting a topic, finding primary and secondary sources, and citing them appropriately. 

Tips for picking a topic:

• It can take up to a year or two for scholarly articles to be published.  You may have trouble finding articles on very recent topics.
• Pick a topic that has two to three concepts.  
• Learning about your topic will help you to define the search terms to use when you search for articles.

The resources listed below can help you find a topic.  These resources are NOT recommended for scholarly articles.

• ScienceDaily.com
• EurekAlert! (AAAS) (also has job postings: http://www.sciencemag.org/careers)
• Scientific American online
• The Scientist