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| The Scientific Method | |
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| An Introduction to the Scientific Method | |
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| Developing a Literature Search Strategy | |
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| Databases and Search Engines for Scientific Information | |
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| Database Search Strategies | |
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| Evaluating Search Results | |
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| Managing References (Citations) | |
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| Reading and Writing Scientific Papers | |
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| Types of Scientific Writing | |
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| Hallmarks of Scientific Writing | |
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| Scientific Paper Format | |
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| Styles for Documenting References | |
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| Strategies for Reading Journal Articles | |
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| Strategies for Reading your Textbook | |
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| Study Groups | |
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| Plagiarism | |
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| The Benefits of Learning to Write Scientific Papers | |
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| Credibility and Reputation | |
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| Model Papers | |
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| Step-by-Step Instructions for Preparing a Laboratory Report or Scientific Paper | |
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| Timetable | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Start with the Materials and Methods Section | |
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| Do the Results Section Next | |
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| Make Connections | |
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| Effective Advertising | |
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| Documenting Sources | |
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| Revision | |
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| Getting Ready to Revise | |
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| Revise Again | |
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| The Biology Lab Report Checklist | |
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| A "Good" Sample Student Laboratory Report | |
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| Laboratory Report Mistakes | |
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| Poster Presentations | |
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| Why Posters? | |
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| Poster Format | |
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| Making a Poster in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 | |
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| Poster Content | |
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| Presenting Your Poster | |
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| Evaluation Form for Poster Presentations | |
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| Oral Presentations | |
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| Organization | |
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| Plan Ahead | |
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| Write the Text | |
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| Prepare the Visuals | |
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| Rehearsal | |
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| Delivery | |
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| Feedback | |
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| Word Processing in Microsoft Word 2007 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Good Houskeeping | |
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| Increasing your Word Processing Efficiency | |
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| Commands in Word | |
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| Unfurling the Ribbon | |
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| Proofreading your Documents | |
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| Making Graphs in Microsoft Excel 2007 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Commands in Excel 2007 | |
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| Formulas in Excel 2007 | |
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| Unfurling the Ribbon | |
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| Other Ribbon Tabs | |
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| Excel Terminology | |
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| Goodbye Chart Wizard, Hello Insert Charts | |
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| Plotting XY Graphs (Scatter Charts) | |
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| Dding Data after Graph has been Made | |
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| Multiple Lines on an XY Graph | |
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| Trendlines | |
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| Plotting Bar Graphs | |
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| Pie Graphs | |
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| Error Bars and Variability | |
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| Preparing Oral Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 | |
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| Views for Organizing and Writing your Presentation | |
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| Designs for New Presentations | |
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| Slide Layouts | |
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| Formatting Text | |
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| Sample Presentation | |
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| Illustrations | |
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| Navigating Among Slides in Normal View | |
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| Saving and Printing Presentations | |
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| Revising and Polishing Presentations | |
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| Delivering Presentations | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |