General Zoology (BIOL 1314)

Assignment Guidelines

Complete a summary and review of a peer-reviewed scientific article dealing with zoology in some manner.

• The article may not be about humans or domestic animal(s).
• The summary and review must be at least two pages in length, single-spaced.
• Points will be deducted for grammatical and mechanical errors.
• This assignment is worth 150 points.

Why are peer-reviewed articles important? and why do you need to use them?

Here's an example of the process of peer-review as shown by the publisher, Wiley

What am I looking for again?

Image Caption: A man putting his hand up in disgust at text that reads, "popular magazines, trade journals, blogs, newspaper articles/op-eds". Followed by the same man with a content smile and pointing at the text, "scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles"

Peer Review Video

Learn about the peer review process in this video created by North Carolina State University Libraries.