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BY 3229 - Immunology (Johnston)

Finding Research

Vaccine Research Project

Students will write a 7-9 page research paper describing a vaccine. The student may choose any vaccine in which they are interested. The vaccine may be either existing or may be currently in development. 

Students will work in teams of two on this project, each contributing equally to the final product. Students may choose with whom they wish to work.

Research Paper Structure:

  • introduction
  • disease
  • distribution/morbidity and mortality of the disease
  • pathogen
  • pathogenesis
  • vaccine
  • design
  • delivery method
  • mechanism
  • target population
  • efficacy
  • problems associated with the vaccine
  • summary/conclusion
  • citations/references

Important Biology Databases

When you search Google Scholar, the scientific articles in the databases listed below will be included in your results. Scholar acts as an umbrella search engine for all of them and displays information when the library has access to the journal. 

However, searching each database individually will give you a better hit rate because of the specialized search "bells and whistles" of the individual database. If you find that most of the hits you find useful come from a particular database, go to that database to run your search. 

Websites

Formatting your Bibliography

Important Note about Council of Scientific Editors

Title Page

Assessing the effectiveness of Garcinia cambogia for weight loss

Karen Sheldon 

BY 4110 - Senior Seminar 

Dr. Bortnick 

September 13, 2021 

Paraphrasing

When the author's name appears in the sentence, it does not need to be repeated in the citation.

Example: 
Recent literature has examined long-run price drifts following initial public offerings and other factors (Ritter 2009). 
Fisher (2010) reaches more or less the same conclusion.


More than one author

Example:
(Smith and Johnson 1998)

More than two authors

Example:
(Smith et al. 2001)


Multiple citations in the same sentence

When referencing multiple studies within the same sentence, cite in order by author's last name

Example:
(Dawson J 2006; Mondari 2010)


No author

Use the first word or first few words of the title. Use only as many words as are needed to distinguish it from other references. 

Example:
(Handbook ... 2000)

Citing Image In-text

When reproducing an image or table in your paper, include an in-text citation for the source directly under the image. 

Include "Reprinted from" (exact reproduction),  "Adapted from" (changed from original source),  or "Based on" (information comes from source but table is not reproduced or adapted).

Example:

Reprinted from Smith 2018

Journal Articles

To save space, journal titles are abbreviated according to the ISO 4 standard, shortening significant words and omitting insignificant words. 

NOTE: There is another abbreviation generation CASSI which can also be used. It does not follow CSE so remember to make the appropriate adjustments. 

Read more and search the List of Title Word Abbreviations at ISSN.org.

Journal article 

Last name First initial. Year. Article title, sentence style capitalization. Abbreviated journal title. Volume(issue, if available):pages. URL, if no DOI available.

Example:

Lawskowski DA. 2002. Physical and chemical proprieties of pyrethroids. Rev Environ Contam Toxiocol. 174:149-170. doi:10.1136/rect.330.7500.1119.


Article titles are not italicized. However, species names are italicized and capitalized normally. 

Example:

In vitro and in vivo reconstitution of the cadherin-catenin-actin complex from Caenorhabditis elegans.

NOTE: As many more journals only publish online, they often don't have page numbers. They will usually have a article number which sometimes has an "e" before it, for example, "e586839." You would use this in place of the page range. 

Journal article with multiple authors

When there are 2 to 10 authors, list all of them. If there are more than 10 authors, list the first 10 followed by et al.

Last name First initial, Last name First initial, Last name First initial. Year. Article title, sentence style capitalization. Abbreviated journal title. Volume(issue, if available):pages. URL, if no DOI available.

Example:

Smart N, Fang ZY, Marwick TH. 2003. A practical guide to exercise training for heart failure patients. J Card Fail. 9(1):49-58. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12612873.

Jones AR Smith KR, Williams AB, Carter F, White RY, Little RT, Kane TR, Larosa J, Mann FD, Swartz MN, et al. 


Forthcoming articles

Last name First initial, Last name First initial, Last name First initial. Estimated date. Article title, sentence style capitalization. Abbreviated journal title. URL, if no DOI available.

Example:

Chinsembu KC, Syakalima M, Semenya SS. Forthcoming 2019 Mar. Ethnomedicinal plants used by traditional healers in the management of HIV/AIDS opportunistic diseases in Lusaka, Zambia. S Afr J Bot. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2015.05.009.

Blog Post

Last name First initial. Year Month Day. Title of post, sentence style capitalization [blog]. Title of blog. [access date with abbreviated month]. URL

Example:

Fogarty M. 2012 Aug 14. Formatting titles on Twitter and Facebook [blog]. Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. [accessed 2012 Oct 19]. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/formatting-titles-on-twitter-and-facebook.aspx.

Books

Last name First initial. Year. Title, sentence style capitalization. Edition, if available. Publisher's location: Publisher's name. 

Example:

Stahl SM. 2000. Essential psychopharmacology of depression and bipolar disorder. New York (NY): Cambridge University Press. 


Book with multiple authors

Last name First initial, Last name First initial. Year. Title, sentence style capitalization. Edition, if available. Publisher's location: Publisher's name. 

Example:

Schott J, Priest J. 2002. Leading antenatal classes: a practical guide. 2nd ed. Boston (MA): Books for Midwives.


Chapter in edited book

Last name First initial. Year. Chapter title, sentence style capitalization. In: Editor, editors. Book title, sentence style capitalization. Publisher's location: Publisher's name. Pages. 

Example:

Anderson RJ. 2001. Acute renal failure. In: Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, editors. Harrison’s principles of international medicine. New York (NY): McGraw-Hill. p. 1149-1155.


Chapter in non-edited book

Last name First initial. Year. Book title, sentence style capitalization. Publisher's location: Publisher's name. Chapter title, sentence style capitalization; Pages.

Example: 

Shakelford RT. 2018. Surgery of the alimentary tract. Philadelphia (PA): W.B. Saunders. Chapter 2, Esophagoscopy; p. 29-40.

Clinical Trial or other Technical Report

Notes can include sponsoring organization if different from performing organization.

Last name Initials (Performing organization name and address, if different from publisher). Year. Title of report, sentence style capitalization. Edition, if available. Place of publication: publisher. Report No., if available: Contract No., if available: Grant No, if available.: Notes, if available.

Example:

Cooper LN (Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, RI). 1990. Theoretical and experimental research into biological mechanisms underlying learning and memory. Washington (DC): Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Report No.: AFOSR-TR-90-0672. Sponsored by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Conference Proceedings

Authors. Year of conference. Title of paper. In: Editors. Title of book. Number and name of conference; date of conference; place of conference. Place of publication: publisher. Location. Notes. 

Example:

Murphy J, McLean A, McGreevy P, Sheridan F, Hanly P. 2008. The use of training aids (gadgets) within equitation: meritorious or detrimental? In: Murphy J, Hennessy K, Wall P, Hanly P, editors. Proceedings of the 4th ISES Conference; Dublin. Dublin (Ireland): University College Dublin. p. 29.

Customer Reviews

Author. Year Month Day. Website title [online review]. [access date]. URL

Example:

Jcocker99. 2017 Jan 25. GNC [online review]. [accessed 2017 Feb 21]. http://www.gnc.com/Hydroxycut-Platinum/product.jsp?productId=115799436&channel

eBook

Last name First initial, Last name First initial. Year. Title, sentence style capitalization. Edition, if available. Publisher's location: Publisher's name; [date accessed]. 

Example:

Griffiths AJF, Miller JH, Suzuki DT. 2000. Introduction of genetic analysis. 7th ed. New York (NY): W.H. Freeman & Co.; [accessed 2005 May 31]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=iga. 


Chapter in edited eBook

Last name First initial. Year. Chapter title, sentence style capitalization. In Editor, editors. Book title, sentence style capitalization. Publisher's location: Publisher's name; Pages. [date accessed]. URL.

Example:

Culvert LL. 2019. Green tea. In Hiam DS, editor. The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets. Farmington Hills (MI): Gale; p. 626-631. [accessed 2021 April 2]. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2491000159/GVRL?u=delvalco_main&sid=GVRL&xid=4d4683cd.


Chapter in non-edited book

Last name First initial. Year. Book title, sentence style capitalization. Publisher's location: Publisher's name. Chapter title, sentence style capitalization; Pages. [date accessed]. URL.

Modi M, Modi K. 2020. StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. Ginger root. [accessed 2021 March 30]. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK565886/?report=classic.

Federal Register

29.3.7.10 Legal Materials

"An item from the Federal Register is cited the same way as a standard journal article. Abbreviate the title to Fed Regist."

Example:

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. 1975. Proposal to establish monographs for OTC laxative, antidiarrheal, emetic, and anti-emetic products. Fed Reg. 40(56):12902-12944. https://www.fda.gov/media/72493/download.

Department of Health and Human Services. 2002. Status of certain additional over-the-counter drug category II and III active ingredients. Fed Reg. 67(90):31125-31127. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-05-09/pdf/FR-2002-05-09.pdf.

Images or Tables, in an article

Personal Image

Last name First initial. Year. Title of image [photograph].

Example:

Thomas K. 2014. IMG_2947.jpg [photograph].


Images or tables from an article or book

Images or tables from journal articles are cited as journal articles or books. 

Example: 

Lawskowski DA. 2002. Physical and chemical proprieties of pyrethroids. Rev Environ Contam Toxiocol. 174:49-170. doi:10.1136/rect.330.7500.1119.


Online tables 

Example: 

UNAIDS. 2018. Trend of new HIV infections [table]. AIDSInfo. [accessed 2019 Mar 15]. http://aidsinfo.unaids.org/.

Images or Tables, online

Screenshot

Title of webpage, sentence style capitalization. Year Month Day. Website title [screenshot]. URL.

Example:

Calmatives for dogs. 2017 Sept 15. Google Shopping [screenshot]. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=calmatives+for+dogs&tbm=shop&*.


Online image

Artist's name (if available). Year. Title of image, sentence style capitalization [image]. Publisher's name. [date updated; date accessed]. URL.

Example:

Mind on fire [image]. 2013. Elizabeth Jameson's Portfolio. [accessed 2012 Oct 23]. http://www.jamesononfineart.com/large-multi-view/Art%20of%20the520Brain/1992765-1-171407.html.


Amazon Image

Tonka Store. 81CfpldXsBL.__AC_SX300_SY300_QL70_FMwebp_ [image]. 2021. Amazon. [accessed 2021 March 20]. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009IVPFES?pf_rd_r=AZRRMZGY0EEJ9E1BQJPJ&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd_rd_r=d1c2af28-24f4-4108-8e09-d80e306d265d&pd_rd_w=1MsGq&pd_rd_wg=gvGD9&ref_=pd_gw_unk&th=1.


Google Image

Toys R Us. 2021. Basic Fun Tonka – Steel Classics Mighty Dump Truck [image]. Toys R Us. [accessed 2021 March 20]. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51GwwpTMyWL._ML160_.jpg.

Instagram Post

Instagram Post

Account name. Date. Title of image [image]. Platform. [date accessed]. URL.

Example:

Anese.co. 2021 February 28. CL28t0Wn23Q [image]. Instagram. [accessed 2021 March 22]. https://www.instagram.com/p/CL28t0Wn23Q/.

Letters, Emails, and Conversations

CSE recommends placing reference to personal communications such as letters and conversations with the running text, not as formal end references. The nature and the source of the cited information should be identified by an appropriate statement. Place the source information within parentheses, using a term or terms to indicate clearly that the citation is not represented in the reference list. 

...and most of these meningiomas proved to be inoperable (2003 letter from RS Grant to me; unreferenced, see "Notes") while a few were not. 

The author must provide written permission to the publisher from the cited person (if living) or from the cited organization  if it is carried in a document such as an internal memorandum that is not accessible to scholars. The permission should be acknowledged in an "Acknowledgements" or a "Notes" section that follows the text of an article or is placed at the end of a book's main text; such statements may include additional details such as the reason for the communication. 

CSE Manual 29.3.7.15.3 Personal Communications

Magazine

Magazine

Last name First initial. Year. Article title, sentence style capitalization. Magazine title. Volume(issue, if available):pages. URL, if no DOI available.

Newspaper Articles

Last name First initial. Year Month Day. Article title, sentence style capitalization. Newspaper title (edition, if available). Section, if available:beginning page of article (column no.). 

Example:

Weiss R. 2003 Apr 11. Study shows problems in cloning people: researchers find replicating primates will be harder than other mammals. Washington Post (Hom Ed.). Sect. A:12 (col. 1).


Online newspaper article

Last name First initial. Year Month Day. Article title, sentence style capitalization. Newspaper title (edition, if available). [accessed date]. URL.

Example:

Cheshire S. 2014 Aug 6. Does oil pulling work? CNN Wire (U.S. Ed.). [accessed 2017 March 28]. http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/06/health/oil-pulling/.

Nutrition Labels

Company name. Product name [label].

Example:

Iovate Health Sciences. Hydroxycut platinum [label].

Patent

Last name Initials, Last name Initials, inventors; patent holder, assignee. Date. Title of patent, sentence level capitalization. Country issuing patent Country code Patent number.  

Example:

Blanco EE, Meade JC, Richards WD, inventors; Ophthalmic Ventures, assignee. 1990 Nov 13. Surgical stapling system. United States patent US 4,969,591. 

Podcasts or Webcasts

Narrator's name. Date first aired. Title of podcast episode, sentence-style capitalization [podcast, episode number if available]. Name of podcast show. Producer. Length. [accessed date]. URL.

Example:

Vuolo M. 2012 July 9. Our dying words [podcast, episode 16]. Lexicon Valley. Slate. 21:10 minutes. [accessed 2012 Oct 23]. http://slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2012/07/why_should_we_care.html.

Powerpoint Presentation

Last name First initial. Date of presentation. Title of PowerPoint, sentence style capitalization. Paper presented at: Title of class or conference. Institution (if for class). Place of class. 

Example:

Sheldon K. 2018 February 26. Learning library basics. Paper presented at: DelVal Experience I. Delaware Valley University. Doylestown, PA.

Radio Interviews

Last name First initial [Host]. Date first aired. Story title, sentence style capitalization [Radio broadcast episode]. Name of show. Producer. [accessed date]. URL.

Example:

Inskeep S [Host]. 2014 July 8. Buddhist monks face jail time for July 4 fireworks display [Radio broadcast episode]. Morning Edition. NPR. [accessed 2015 Nov 28]. http://www.npr.org/2014/07/08/329731421/buddhist-monks-face-jail-time-for-july-4-fireworks-display.

Reports

The same format applies for reports sponsored by the government as for other sponsors.

Last name First initial. Year. Report title, sentence level capitalization. Edition, if available. Publisher's location: Publisher's name. Report number, if available. 

Example:

Feller BA. 1981. Health characteristics of persons with chronic activity limitation, United States, 1979. Hyattsville (MD): National Center for Health Statistics (US). Report No.: VHS-SER-10/137.

StatPearls

Patel RH, Mohiuddin SS. 2021. Biochemistry, histamine. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538201/.

Surveys

Last name First initial. Year Month Day. Name of survey, sentence level capitalization [survey or questionnaire]. 

Example:

Smith J. 2009 May 3. Measuring information service outcomes survey [survey]. 

Theses or Dissertations

Author. Date. Title of dissertation or thesis [content designator]. [Place of publication]: publisher.

Example:

Lutz M. 1989. 1903: American nervousness and the economy of cultural change [dissertation]. [Stanford (CA)]: Stanford University.

Oviedo S. 1995. Adolescent pregnancy: voices heard in the everyday lives of pregnant teenagers [master's thesis]. [Denton (TX)]: University of North Texas.

Trade Names/Trademarks

20.1. 2 Proprietary Names (Trade Names, Trademarks)

Proprietary names are those established by manufacturer and vendors of drugs to represent their own products. Because such names are proper nouns, they must be capitalized. Authors other than manufacturers and inventors are not required to use a superscript symbol indicating trademarking or registration of a proprietary name.

Videos

Online video, no author

Title of video, sentence style capitalization [video].
Date posted. Title of program, if available. Website title. [access date]. URL.

Example:

How smart are animals? [video]. 2011 Feb 9. NOVA scienceNOW. PBS. [accessed 2012 March 25]. http://video.pbs.org/video/1777525840.


Online video, with author

Author. Date posted. Title of video, sentence style capitalization [video]. Title of program or hosting platform, if available. Website title. [access date]. URL.

Example:

National Geographic. 2008 January 28. 2 degrees warmer: ocean life in danger [video]. YouTube.com. [accessed 2017 March 25]. http://youtu.be/P-0_gDXqYeQ.

See http://lynn-library.libguides.com/cse/cseavb for more details on where to locate this information. 

Websites

Title of homepage, sentence style capitalization. Year. Edition, if available. Publisher's location: Publisher's name; [date updated; date accessed]. URL.

Example:

APSnet: plant pathology online. 2005. St Paul (MN): American Phytopathological Association; [accessed 2005 Jun 20]. http://www.apsnet.org/.

Ivey JAB. 2023. Benefits of blue light-blocking glasses. Charlotte (NC): Sleepopolis; [accessed 2023 Oct 18]. https://sleepopolis.com/education/benefits-of-blue-light-blocking-glasses/#:~:text=Using%20blue%20light%20blockers%20will,prevent%20age%2Drelated%20macular%20degeneration.

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RefWorks

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From simple bibliographies to papers formatted with in-text citations or footnotes, RefWorks handles it all. ​To learn more about RefWorks, use our RefWorks research guide.

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