Due Mon., Apr. 2, 2001
10 points
Objective: To learn to use a bibliographic program, ProCite, to process the results of a database search and to construct a short bibliography (maximum 10 references) on a topic which is related to Bio 415 and is of special interest to you. This may be the same or different from the topic you choose for the 2nd short paper.
This is a powerful tool, and you will find it useful. This exercise does, however, assume/require some basic knowledge of using computers and databases.
Specific tasks:
You can use other databases if you wish, but until the database is repaired, we will not use Biological Abstracts (Biosis) in this exercise; however, you may want to use it to find material for your short paper #2.
We will not use the UM Library catalog Mirlyn here; however, you can find information on using ProCite to process Mirlyn records at this linked site, and an on-line short cut is available at another site.
Recommedations:
For Medline, select the Ovid format and
the fields titled "Citation and Abstract",
so that the abstracts be included in addition to the reference itself.
  For Citation Index, select, "Easy Search" and Science Citation Index.
After you select references that you want from each screen, you will have to submit them and then
they will show up on a marked list that you can view and download.
When you download (save)
your marked references, be sure to select the abstract field.
It is best to save this and subsequent files on a floppy disk (i.e., a:---).
Procite will be available to you at the SLC and at the Computing Sites.
This link will take you to step-by-step instructions for using ProCite 5.
In the text of the e-mail, briefly (3-4 sentences), explain your search topic and keywords.
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