This guide is intended to point you to resources that will be useful WRT 205 sections exploring Science Writing inquiries. The guide is organized into the following set of pages (which you can see listed in tabs above).
Emphasis in this guide has been placed on materials that are available electronically and in full text.
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- Getting Started (below) features resources which allow you to get to know your topic. See how scientific concepts and topics are expressed across a variety of media and disciplines. These tools help you to find background information, determine what types of information is available, assist in defining terms, and offer overviews of controversies and periods.
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- Finding Sources in Library Databases features links to SUL's electronic databases, which will point you to articles and essays from scholarly and popular publications covering some of the many issues related to your topic of inquiry. This list includes resources where you are likely to find science writing from the mass media, the scholarly literature, and non-STEM fields.
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- Data & Statistics leads to ready access to databases that primarily aggregate sets of numeric data.
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- Photojournalism, Images & Maps contains links to material on websites, other library guides, free and open access databases and additional media that may contribute to your understanding of a topic from a visual perspective. This includes guidance on locating or creating maps.
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- eBook Collections offers a concise list of specific online book collections, where some WRT students may be able to locate relevant book chapters as well as reference books containing broad overviews of specific topics being explored.
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- Poster Resources contains links and information you can use for help with planning and designing a poster.
If you have questions or need help using any of these resources at any time, get in touch with a librarian.
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