Research 1.0A guide for

(soon to be)Graduate Students

Steve.Cavrak (at) uvm.edu

Publication Format

• Conference Poster Paper• Conference Paper• Journal Article• Book Chapter• Monograph• Book

Scientific Paper Format

• Title• Abstract• Introduction• Discussion• Conculsions• References

Collect References

• Mentor, Advisor, Principle Investigator• Find 2 or 3 recent papers on their website• Find 2 or 3 recent papers via google• Catalog them on CiteULike.Org

Collect References

• Others in the field• Find 2 or 3 researchers your mentor cites• Find 2 or 3 researchers who cite your mentor

Collect References

• Journals for the field• What are 2 or 3 principal journals?• Do they have RSS feeds?• Do they have research blogs?