General Links:

• Former Scientific Process students recognized for outstanding course work:
• Alexandra Sulecki's proposal for Scientific Process (Fall 1997) published in Ampersand , the on-line journal of the College of Arts & Sciences.
• Population Survivorship Study of Two Native Orchid Species in the Big Cypress Basin:  Cyrtopodium punctatum and Epidendrum nocturnum .
• Elizabeth "Betty" Gilpin's proposal for Scientific Process (Fall 1998) published in Ampersand , the on-line journal of the College of Arts & Sciences.
• Responses of epibionts on Thalassia testudinum (Turtle grass) to  nitrogen availability in Charlotte Harbor, Florida.
• Paper publication: Meers, M.B., Demers, N.E. and Savarese, M. (2003/2004). Presenting the Scientific Process: Introducing Philosophy, Theory, Methods and Ethics of Science. Journal of College Science Teaching 33:3:34-39 Available with permission from the publisher

• Virtual Science Glossary - available from McGraw-Hill Publishers

Bibliographic Utilities:

• FGCU Library Home Page - provides access to local contents and numerous searchable databases on current journal articles.
• FGCU Library Forms - including ILL forms - use them as early as possible.
• Bibliographies on Biology - U.C. Davis' extraordinarily useful resource (from their Information Center for the Environment)
• UnCover - the on-line version... UnCover is also available through the FGCU library, and you should utilize it via the library if possible as it will tell you what FGCU has with respect to your search.

Ethics and Research Integrity Resources:

• AAAS-National Academies Compilation of Resources on Scientific Misconduct and Research Integrity*
• Literal and Intelligent Plagiarism: Students Beware! (Kumar Blog 2012)

Research Opportunities (outside of FGCU)

*Note: For research opportunities at FGCU, please see faculty pages.

Summer Opportunities

• http://rainier.chem.plu.edu/sumr_res.html
• http://www.faseb.org/ascb/commit/mac/summer98.html
• http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu/reubio.htm

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