1. Connect to New Refworks
2. Create an Account
3. Create a New Folder
4. Search Databases for articles
5. Export your article citation to Refworks
6. You may also download the article PDF to your computer and then upload it in Refworks.
7. Create your Bibliography. Be sure to select the Journal of Phycology citation style.
Focus on original research, scientific experiments, and findings published in academic or scholarly journals.
Primary source articles are the first publication of a research study and are written by the scholars who conducted the research.
Articles include these sections:
Abstract -- a summary of the artilce that explains what the researchers did and their major findings
Introduction -- puts the research in context
Methods, Materials -- What the researchers did and how they did it
Results -- what did the research create -- look for charts and graphs in this section
Discussion -- Explains the significance of the research, draws conclusions and makes suggestions for follow-up research
Clues for identifying Primary Source Articles include multiple authors, scientific language, length, scholarly publication, format, and reference list.