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Anatomy of a Scholarly Article shows you in just one screen the different parts of a scholarly article.
How to Read a Scientific Paper helps show that we get better comprehension if we don't read such studies in numerical page order, but rather by using specific sections first.
Journal Article:
Kovanen, D.J., and Slaymaker, O. 2003. Lake Terrell upland glacial
resurgences and implications for late-glacial history, northwestern
Washington State, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 40:
1767–1772.
Book:
Williams, R.A. 1987. Communication systems analysis and design.
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Citation Styles:
National Research Council Canada/Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences: NRC citation style. See individual titles under "Instructions to Authors".
OWL at Purdue. This writing centre at Purdue University provides detailed advice on a variety of citation styles. This link takes you to the APA syle guide.
APA Syle Help from the American Psychological Association.
This tutorial, called You Quote It, You Note It! developed by the librarians at Acadia University, is helpful for making sure you understand what is/is not plagarism.
