SA 1105 - Introduction to Small Animal Management (Krout)

You need to use at least 6 peer-reviewed sources when researching for this paper. 

However, not all the information you need will be found in peer-reviewed articles. You will have to use a combination of peer-reviewed articles, books, and encyclopedia entries to answer each section of the paper.

Research articles are also often known as scientific or peer-reviewed articles. If the article is NOT written by the person or group who did the research, it is NOT a peer-reviewed or scientific article. Research articles are important for knowing what new discoveries have been made. This is why it is important to use recent articles, since they will be the first things published on a new scientific development. 

Here's a quick overview of how to identify these journal articles:

• written by the scientist(s) who actually did the research
• follows a specific format 
  • abstract
  • introduction
  • materials & methods
  • results
  • conclusions
  • references 
• assumes reader already knows background information about the topic has been evaluated by experts
• Tip:  Look for a statement about when the article was accepted for publication. Most peer-reviewed articles will include one.

Attached is the grading rubric you will have to follow to complete the assignment correctly. Below are examples of how to cite journal articles, newspaper articles, and websites. 

Last name, first name. Year. "Article Title." Journal volume (issue, if available): pages. URL or DOI. 

Example:
Novak, William J. 2008. "The Myth of the 'Weak' American State." American Historical Review 113:752-72. doi:10.1086/ahr.113.3.752.

In-text citation
(Novak 2008, 21)

Paraphrasing
(Novak 2008)

Journal article with multiple authors
Journal articles often list many authors, especially in the sciences. For works by two authors, list both in the reference list and the text . For three or more authors, list up to six in the reference list; for more than six authors, list the first three, followed by “et al.” (“and others”). In the text, list only the first, followed by “et al.”

Last name, first name, and First name Last name. Year. "Article Title." Journal volume (issue, if available): pages. URL, if no DOI available. 

Example:
Choi, Stephen J., and G. Mitu Gulati. 2008. "Bias in Judicial Citations: A Window into the Behavior of Judges?" Journal of Legal Studies 37 (1): 87-129. doi:10.1086/588263.

In-text citation
(Novak 2008, 21)

Paraphrasing
(Novak 2008)

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