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1. If other species in the same genus have already been listed still give the full genus name the first time m Citations Generally put citations at the end of the sentence or the end of the thought Blah blah blah Smith and Jones 1998 Murray 1999 Do not list authors as part of the text unless authorship is important e g breakthrough research unusual results Smith and Jones showed for the first time that blah blah 1998 Citations continued E PROC GLM SAS Institute 2001 for software user s manual in text In reference list SAS Institute 2001 PROC user s manual version 6th ed SAS Institute Cary NC E List citations in chronological order Jones 1997 Brower 1999 E Personal communication L J Smith personal communication Letter or email documentation required by editor Citations continued Unpublished data your own unpublished E G unpublished m Articles that have been accepted for publication Smith in press Web sites By author or anonymous List site and most recent date accessed A References cited E See Day and Gastel chapter 15 E See your specific journal Follow those guidelines exactly Keep a full list of references condense or format number order etc during the last revision before submitting Keep this full reference list for future use E Use Zotero End Notes etc References cited afte2. ing as you do Ask for details about why a section is confusing or why something was misinterpreted Don t get defensive Anyone with a brain could understand this It s perfectly clear Assignments E Readings Day and Bastel General topics Chapters 1 6 Title Chapter 7 Authorship Chapter 8 Introduction Chapter 10 E Title and Introduction Due to your group Matt and Ed by Jan 27 Small groups meet the week of Feb 1 Mind Maps bring to small group meeting
3. l that it be Informative Specific Appropriate for the audience E Writing a title m List key words E Chose the most important key words Be specific Be complete Put important words first e g not effects of or observations on m Writing a title continued E Use common name of insect if it s an Ent Soc of America journal see journal for examples Give order and family E Otherwise generally use scientific name With some descriptive word or words e g the carabid beetle Bembidion quadrimaculatum A Introduction Two goals Give readers background so they can understand the problem and the paper Clearly state the problem and objectives E Broad beginning start at a level that most or all readers already know E Introduce the main focus or foci e g tell about your insect Introduce your ecological system m Introduction E Start broad and narrow down to objectives m Perhaps give goal or goals broad long term E Specific Objectives final paragraph Objectives should be specific enough to define the experimental methods E Some authors and journals include brief methods and results in the Introduction E Scientific names Always cite the full scientific name and author the first time it is used in the abstract and again in the introduction Genus species author m After that the name can be abbreviated as G species
4. look at it And you just have to sit with it and push it around and throw half of it out and take the other half and mush that around a little bit It just takes time Most people just give up Garrison Keeler A Prairie Home Companion m Writing Blocks continued Unblocking at Writing the rough draft Seize a creative moment Make a writing appointment m Pick a time of day that is up for you Get started and keep going m Turn off your inside critic Non stops short timed start and stop E Writing Blocks continued Don t get side tracked by m Telephone email m Need a specific reference spelling m Finding the perfect words Put in notes or reminders and keep going here I need to say something about xxx E Writing Blocks continued Unblocking at Revising and polishing Now you turn on your critic Take a break after writing and before revising Put in your references check spelling fill in reminders Change the medium computer to print out different font Read aloud Keep previous drafts e g v1 v2 etc Get a friend to review and discuss Revision process E First Look for overall organization outline logical progression Does the introduction lead the reader down to objectives Is any information left out Is there too much on a topic Are there good transitions between paragraphs Insert dele
5. m Journal article style thesis m Main Introduction E Literature review optional Objectives Chapter 1 Article 1 Introduction shorter than above Objective s Methods more detailed than for journal article Results and discussion and brief conclusions m Journal article style thesis m Chapter 2 Article 2 Introduction shorter than above Objective s Methods more detailed than for article Results and discussion and brief conclusions Chapter 3 Article 3 m Chapter 4 Overall Conclusions m References Appendix Organizing E Organize by objectives E Talk with your major professor before you start to write E Look at other recent theses dissertations Choosing a Journal m Appropriate to content of article Have similar topics been covered in that journal Similar length What audience do you want to read your article E What is the role of prestige in journal selection E Regional national or international E Is timeliness important E Page charges m Other considerations Journal article outline Title page Abstract page Introduction Objectives m Methods Field experiments Lab experiments Results and Discussion Field experiments Lab experiments Conclusions E Title m May be the only thing people see Shows up in Literature citations Literature searches Your vitae m Essentia
6. r final revisions E Review all references in text to be sure they are cited in References section E Review all references in Ref Cited section to be sure they are in text This is tiresome but important Present vs past tense in citing previous work E What someone did is past tense e g Smith and Jones 1998 measured black fly populations in streams m Accepted knowledge is present tense e g Black flies inhabit streams Smith and Jones 1998 m If their results were a special case In their study Smith and Jones 1998 found black flies in streams However Brown and Cummins m For your results use past tense We found black flies in streams See Day and Gastel p 191 193 E Acronyms Text abbreviations E Acronym a word formed from an abbreviation m Text abbreviations DNA Do not use abbreviations if possible Confuses the reader Disrupts reading and interpretation process Use abbreviations if they are commonly accepted in your field DNA PCR IPM etc Spell out and define the first time in Intro and in Abstract Writing Blocks m A barrier to free expression of ideas on paper just can t get going or keep going E Symptoms Procrastination Anxiety Guilt Restlessness Missed deadlines E Why do you get blocked Technical problems Internal critic E Everything I do starts out a mess You d be embarrassed to have anybody
7. te move paragraphs or sections Revision process E Second Go back and do minor revisions Paragraph and sentence structure spelling Fill in references data etc See Day Words and expressions to avoid See your journal style manual Finally Review again for overall structure flow details etc Revision Reviewing E Do you ask a friend or co worker for comments on a paper you wrote for a class Why not E What can other readers tell you about your writing m What if the reader is just stupid Doesn t get it m Set up a partnership for reviewing each others writing Revision Reviewing E What about reviewing critiquing papers for this class Review writing structure style format etc Not aclass where we do an evaluation of the science experimental design statistics etc Revision Reviewing E Reviewing in a positive manner Use I messages e g This is unclear to me I am having difficulty with this Not You really screwed up here You wrote this badly This part sucks If something is unclear offer a suggestion about how to fix it Explain why you make the suggestions comments Revision Reviewing m Accepting reviews Try not to take anything personally It s a part of any writing process Remember that others in your group have as many problems with their writ
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