You can search for a specific journal/magazine/newspaper title using Periodical List.
LinkSource checks our other databases to find a copy of your article in one of our other databases. Sometimes you'll see this image:
CBE Style
Professor Redwine wants you to use Council of Biology Editors/National Library of Medicine Style. Here at the library you can find examples in the Scientific Style and Format--The Council of Biology Editors Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers, 6th ed: 1994 (location information provided from link) of how to cite articles, books, and other sources. Or you can find it online at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html
Other Styles
Here is the link to our Writing & Citation Style Guides page where you can get handouts with Examples for different writing styles including APA.
The library also has copies of some of the different style manuals. Ask at the reference desk to see if there is a copy of the one you need, and if not we can llok to see if there is one in the general collection available for check out. The handouts and links to examples on the Writing & Citation Styles Guide page don't have the entire contents of the APA or MLA manual so come ask for it and help at the reference desk, if you need it.
You'll see something like this:
It's important to know the parts of a citation so you can interpret it correctly. You must have at least the Journal name, volume, issue, and page number to be able to locate the article.
A Note about Plagiarism
"The words you use should be your own
Don't plagiarise or take "on loan"
'Cause there's always someone, somewhere
With a big nose, who knows
And who trips you up and laughs
When you fall"
-- From the song "Cemetry Gates" on the album The Queen is Dead. Written and composed by Morrissey and Johnny Marr. Performed by The Smiths.
It is important to cite your sources properly. If you want to learn more about avoiding plagiarism, read the Plagiarism Guide.
When you are writing your paper, you can use several ways to present information you have found in the body of your paper, and consciously avoid plagiarizing.
Direct quote
If you want to use a sentence or a passage exactly as it was written, you can include a direct quote, surrounded by quotation marks, and either using an inline citation, or a sentence before the quote referencing the author and work of origin.
Summary
You can also write a summary (in your own words of course) of the ideas or text you want to use. It helps to write the summary from your memory rather than looking directly at the passage.
Paraphrase
Paraphrasing is similar to a summary. It just means taking what you have read and rewriting it in your own words.