BIOL 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Academic Journal, Harvard Business Review, Scientific Reports
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Although a major part of a scientists job is performing research (e. g. , in the lab or out in the field), these activities must be complemented equally with communicating scientific information (in particular, research findings). This communication takes on different forms, depending on the audience. In the scientific community, new findings (or interpretations) are published in peer reviewed or scholarly journals that specialize in particular fields of study. (these findings/interpretations may also be communicated at conferences, through presentations or posters that will be seen by many other scientists within the same field. ) scientists communicate less formally with their peers in departments, with their graduate students, and honours students; scientists who teach also communicate with students in a class or lab settings. Whether you are writing up a lab report, working on a research paper or performing research in a lab, you will, at various points in your university career, need to search for appropriate sources of scientific information.
