Research Paper and rough draft

HOW TO WRITE A REVIEW ARTICLE1. Choose an area of research in your field of interest. The trick here is to choose a topic that isnarrow enough to deal with in an article length piece yet broad enough so that you are able to beexhaustive, discussing all of the major work done in this area. Topics such as “Insect Behavior”or “Insect Natural History" would require a book-length review and are too broad for a reviewarticle. I have provided many topics to choose from2. To locate studies to review on your topic, you might first start with a general science articledatabase, which covers both scientific journals. These can be found through the USU librarywebsite.DatabasesAnimal Behavior AbstractsBIOSIS (BioScience Information Service)BIOSIS PreviewsCAB (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau)Life Sciences CollectionZoological Record OnlineEtc.The databases will help you locate articles for your specific topic. There are 3 ways to getarticles. 1). They will be available electronically through the library (Caution: you have to be oncampus or need to setup your computer as a proxy of USU to download these articles); 2) thelibrary physically has the journals and you have to go copy them; and 3) the library does nothave them electronically or physically, so you will need to order the article via Interlibrary Loan(via Interlibrary Services).Searching for articles via the internet (google, etc.) may result in finding studies and informationthat may not be accurate. Anyone can put anything on the Internet; just because it is on theInternet does not mean it is true!4. After you obtain articles, you will need to decide what studies to discuss in your review. Youwill want to review at least 5 studies.5. Now that you have identified the studies you want to review, take notes on the articlesemphasizing the significant findings of each study, trends that appear, conclusions that can bedrawn or models that result from these studies. Be sure to use your own words.6. The first draft: You need to write the paper in a logical fashion. You may want to usechronological order, discussing the studies from earliest to most recent. Your material maysuggest a more effective organizational pattern. Your studies may fall into natural groups. Let thenature of your research dictate the appropriate organizational pattern for your article.When discussing studies, give the names of the principal investigator(s) the date the study wasdone, and the major findings of the study. If you are discussing the contributions of research that3