Workshop for Claremont Colleges Joint Sciences Course Spring 2011

1. Jason Price, Gale Burrow &/or Mary Martin
CUC Librarians
jason.price@cuc.claremont.edu
gale.burrow@cuc.claremont.edu
mary.martin@cuc.claremont.edu
Sam.kome@cuc.claremont.edu

2.  How to structure in-text & Lit. cited entries
 How to write good citing sentences
 Howto find journal articles to cite in your
competition formal report

3. This is my citing sentence ([in-text citation]).
 1 author – (1st authors last name [no init], year)
• (Price, 2004)
2 authors – (Both authors last names, year)
• (Price and Burrow, 2004) (in order on paper)
3 or more authors (First author + et al/and
others, yr)
• (Price et al., 2004)
• (Price, Burrow, and others 2004) also ok
• #1 rule: Be consistent

4.  List all authors in order presented in the paper.
 Year of publication.
 Article title.
 Journal title [Full or Abbreviated – Be consistent]
 Volume #
 (Issue #): [if available]
 Pagination [Start page – End page]

6.  Sakai > Resources > Citing the literature or
http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1999.1329

7. Year
Vol
St Pg - end pg

9.  Citing sentence (Holway and Case, 2000).
 Holway D and Case T. 2000. Mechanisms
of dispersed central-place foraging in
polydomous colonies of the Argentine ant.
Animal Behaviour 59(2): 433-441.

10.  Do not cite from the introduction (0)
 Paraphrase a main point the paper
provides evidence for (+1)
 Be specific and clear (+1)
 Tie
the main point of the paper to your
experiment/research results (n/a here)

11. Poor: does not cite a main point (0 pts)
*the study does not address other species

12. Average: Cites main point (+),
is not specific (-) (1pt)

13. Good : Cites a main point,
is specific and clear (2pts)

14. Your turn #1…Score this sentence
The location of food can affect the
among-nest distribution of Argentine
ant workers (Holway and
Case, 2000).
http://bit.ly/cuc44q2a (web response)
>>Link to Poll Anywhere<<

15. Your turn #2…Score this sentence
Argentine ants are different from
other polydomous spp. because
they do not discriminate among one
another (Holway and Case, 2000)
http://bit.ly/cuc44q1 (web response)
>>Link to Poll Everywhere<<

16. Your turn #3…Score this sentence
Argentine ant colonies can redistribute
resources among nests, as evidenced by
significant increases in population size in
connected versus unconnected nests
(Holway and Case, 2000).
http://bit.ly/cuc44q3 (web response)
>>Link to Poll Anywhere<<

17. Now grade your sentences
• And tell us why…
• Cites a main point? (+1)
• Specific & Clear? (+1)

18. Assignment for today
•Find 2 journal articles that you could cite in your first
formal lab report (plant competition experiment)
•Write out the correctly formatted in text citation and
Literature Cited section for both papers on your
typed, graded sheet
•You do NOT need to turn in citing sentences
Each of your two responses should look like this:
(Pan and Price 2001)
Pan JJ and Price JS. 2001. Fitness and evolution in
clonal plants: the impact of clonal growth. Evolutionary
Ecology 15(4-6):583-600.

19.  Overview of Google Scholar vs Google
• Whats in it
• Phrase search in quotes
 Using get this item
• Dumb and fast vs Smart and Slow
• Electronic document delivery
 Web of Science as an alternative

20. Potential competition experiments
Competition can affect germination, as well as length and weight of
both roots and shoots. How are these parameters affected by:
(Your Class will choose 1 independent variable)
1. competition with members of the same species for local
resources?
2. differences in the ability to withstand difficult conditions such as
salty soils?
3. competition with another species for local resources?
4. differences in the ability to exploit warmer or colder temperature
conditions?

21. Assignment for today
•Find 2 journal articles that you could cite in your first
formal lab report (plant competition experiment)
•Write out the correctly formatted in text citation and
Literature Cited section for both papers on your
typed, graded sheet
•You do NOT need to turn in citing sentences
Each of your two responses should look like this:
(Pan and Price 2001)
Pan JJ and Price JS. 2001. Fitness and evolution in
clonal plants: the impact of clonal growth. Evolutionary
Ecology 15(4-6):583-600.