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Accessing Articles from Off-Campus
If you have trouble access articles or databases from off-campus, make sure you have logged into the Baylor University Libraries. Try putting http://ezproxy.baylor.edu/login?url= in front of the URL which will prompt you for your BearID and password. For more information check out this page or the guide below
Choosing a Lead Article to Present Spring 2023
You will need to pick a lead article to present in your seminar. You will write an abstract for this article and use this article as the basis for your report.
Make sure that you follow the specific parameters for your lead article that your instructor has set for your section.
The lead journal article for Dr. Gibson's seminar students should come from calendar year 2018 and from the journals listed below. You will write an extended (500+ word and optional figures) abstract for this article.
The practice article for this section is Miniature Personal Ozone Monitor Based on UV Absorbance
The lead journal article for Dr. Trawick's seminar students should come from calendar year 2021 and from the journals listed below. You will write an extended (400 word including optional figures) abstract for this article.
The practice article for this section is Astrocyte Elevated Gene-1 Cys75 S-Palmitoylation by ZDHHC6 Regulates Its Biological Activity
The lead journal article for Dr. Shaw's seminar students should come from calendar year and from the journals listed in your syllabus. You will write abstract for this article.
Tip: You will want to make sure you can find other more recent articles by your corresponding author and articles by other research groups citing your lead article before you finalize your decision to use that article for your seminar. You will use these other articles as part of your report.
Finding supporting articles
For your seminar you may want to look at supporting articles for your lead article.
- Look at the subject headings for your lead article. Pick two or three subject you would like to focus on and then use those subject headings as search terms or combine those searches.
For you report you may be required to find
- recent articles by your corresponding author
- articles by other research groups citing your lead article
Tip: You may want to make sure you can find these supporting articles before you finalize your decision to use that article for your seminar.
