Referencing - Biology Forum

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EllyG 14 years, 2 months ago

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- October 7, 2010 at 3:14 am #13891
  EllyG
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  Hi all!
  im new here, but i need to ask…
  when you look up an article, it doesnt contain the author, how would i go about referencing to the author?
  or do i reference to Biology Online team?
  thanks
- October 7, 2010 at 6:11 am #101692
  JackBean
  Participant
  what do you have?
- October 7, 2010 at 9:29 am #101694
  EllyG
  Participant
  What you mean What do i have?
  If i look up long bones in the search bar thing and press the definition (first article) than who do i reference to
- October 7, 2010 at 3:09 pm #101702
  jonmoulton
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  Typically posts in online fora are not cited in reports. They are not really considered authoritative sources of scientific information (though we like to think they can be helpful). You would probably be better off using the forum post as a jumping-off point for a search of the primary scientific literature, then cite a peer-reviewed paper or at least a review article in a reputable journal.
  Try hunting in PubMed or PubMed Central (PMC) on the NCBI website.
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- October 7, 2010 at 9:16 pm #101710
  JackBean
  Participant
  you will probably reference to the web page you found. But it usability of such a reference depends on where you want to use it 😉
- October 8, 2010 at 6:06 am #101726
  EllyG
  Participant
  okay thank you
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