SCMA 1120: Cell Biology

Research & APA Style

Agenda

1. Library Services Overview

• Library Website

• KIN Research Guide

• Login Credentials

2. Health Science Literature: Types & Structure

• Research Papers

• Review Articles

• Evidence Pyramid

3. Using PubMed

• Search by Study Type

• Search by Author Name

• Search by Topic

• Keyword Search

• Using MeSH Terms

4. Finding Full Text from a Citation

• eJournals / Google Scholar

• TUG Document Delivery

5. Lab Formatting

6. Proper Citation Tutorial

Your librarian is here to help!

Jennifer.easter@guelphhumber.ca 416-798-1331 x6274

GH 204

Library Services Overview

In Person: GH 204

• Monday – Friday, 8:30-4:30

• Drop in or by appointment

Online: Ask a Librarian Chat Reference

• Monday – Thursday, 11am-10pm

• Friday – Sunday, 11am-5pm

www.guelphhumber.ca/library

Research Guides available on our

website

Choose Kinesiology

from this menu!

Accessing Library Resources

Gryph Mail Login & Password

Barcode: Get it activated at the Humber Library front desk

PIN: First 10 letters of your lastname

Types of Articles

• Reports the results of a single experiment

or original research

• Divided into sections using headings:

• Background

• Methods & Experimental Design

• Sampling Procedure & Materials

• Data Collection

• Results & Conclusion

• Also known as...

• Case Report

• Clinical Trial

• Comparative Study

• Multi-Center Study

• Randomized Controlled Trial

Research Review

• Gathers many research papers on a

single topic or theme

• Looks at a problem from different

perspectives

• Draws conclusions based on the entire

body of evidence

• Divided into sections using headings:

• Introduction & Rationale

• Search & Inclusion Criteria

• Discussion of findings

• Clinical Implications

• Directions for Future Research

• Also known as...

• Systematic Review

• Meta-Analysis

Note: Some research articles are also review articles!

The Structure of Health Information

Health Information is highly structured and hierarchical

Review Articles

Research

Articles

Encyclopedias,

Textbooks, etc.

Open PubMed via the KIN Research Guide

From the Library Homepage: www.guelphhumber.ca/library

Under Find Articles, click the PubMed Link

Login with Gryph Mail Username & Password

Select the Kinesiology Research Guide

Searching for an Article Type: Reviews

PubMed identifies articles that are reviews or research studies

• MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) are attached to all articles to help

you find exactly what you’re looking for...

1. Select MeSH from the

drop down menu &

enter review

2. Select the publication

type result & add to

search builder

3. Click Search PubMed

Your results are ALL the review articles in PubMed

Searching for an Article Type: Research

PubMed identifies articles that are reviews or research studies

• MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) are attached to all articles to help

you find exactly what you’re looking for...

1. Select MeSH from the

drop down menu & enter

study characteristics

Your results are ALL the research articles in PubMed

2. Select the publication

type result & add to

search builder

3. Click Search PubMed

Remember: Some research articles are also review articles!

PubMed: Searching for an Author

1. Navigate to the

Advanced Search

screen

2. Select Author from the drop down

menu.

3. Make sure you identify

the correct author.

This may take some critical

thinking on your part...

Click on the title to open the abstract

Click the Author’s name & run a search for this EXACT

Kregel

NOTE: We get different result sets for each

Author search.

Putting it all together: Using the Search Builder

All your previous searches are stored

in the search history.

• Combine terms using the builder

• Author AND Article Type

Searching by Topic: Using Keywords

All articles indexed for Medline are tagged with MeSH terms

A keyword search in PubMed will try to include relevant MeSH terms

Keyword

searches

usually work

pretty well for

simple concepts

or single ideas

Searching by Topic: Using MeSH Terms

Search for individual concepts using the MeSH search

Searching by Topic: Combining MeSH Searches

Combine your MeSH

search for topics with

earlier searches for

research articles:

“Study Characteristics”

Accessing Full Text

Search Guelph & Humber eJournal Subscriptions Search by Journal Title

NOT Article Title

http://scholar.google.ca.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca

OR

OR

eJournals, Google Scholar

Sometimes doesn’t work

Accessing Full Text: RACER Requests

• Some articles are not available online

•RACER will email scans of articles owned by Guelph, Laurier, & UW

Ryan, A. J. (1991). Protecting the sportsman's brain (concussion in sport). British Journal of Sports Medicine, 25(2), 81-86.

Central Login

Select Volume

& Issue

Lab Assignment: Formatting

Title Page:

Your Name & Student Number

Your Lab Section, Date & Time

Lab Submission Date

Part 1

Kevin C. Kregel

Research Article:

Insert APA Citation here

Review Article:

Insert APA Citation here

Ira Jacobs

Research Article:

Insert APA Citation here

Review Article:

Insert APA Citation here

Part 2

Antioxidant Supplementation

Insert APA Citation here

Apoptosis and Muscle Atrophy

Insert APA Citation here

Exercise and Cancer

Insert APA Citation here

*Insert Summary Paragraph

below the APA citation for your

selected article

APA Citation Style

APA is like baking a cake...

Know the ingredients

Follow the instructions

If you forget something, it won’t turn out right

Feel free to use online citation generators, but … they’re not

perfect. Know the rules & proofread citations carefully!

https://learn.guelphhumber.ca/

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SCMA 1120: Cell Biology

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