Previous Weeks

Week of 9/6 - 9/13

Learning Objectives

1. Students will learn how to maintian a lab notebook, including best practices for daily entries, notebook organization, and the purpose of a lab notebook.
2. Students will learn the basic skills required for conducting a literature review and developing an annotated bibliography.
3. Students will begin a literature review, a zotero library, and an annotated bibliography
4. Students will begin selecting their journal article for group presentation.

Meeting Slides

Assignments

• Complete your research contract and upload it to google drive by September 9th at 5pm
• Schedule your individual meeting with Madison
• Add the REU Group Calendar to your google calendar
• Secure a lab notebook and consider keeping a private research journal
• Start a Zotero account wtih three folders:
• General: sources that are related to your field and may be interesting to read at some time
• Anchor: sources that are paramount to your field and have influenced its development, particularly if you are in a subfield
• Specific: sources that are relevant to your specific work and preferably cutting-edge in some capacity

Resources

Lab Notebooks

• Lab notebook best practices
• Deeper look at lab notebook components, a great resource if you're writing protocols
• Lab notebook examples
• Lab Notebook Video (staple to lab culture is watching this video at least once in your life)



Journaling

• Journaling prompts



Literature Reviews

• Conducting a literature review
• Keyword seraching guide
• Search strategies for literature reviews with more depth
• Literature Review & Annotated Bibliography Template



Databases

• NC State University Library Databases
• Google Scholar
• PubMed
• Elsevier
• ScienceDirect

Week 1: 8/30 - 9/5

Learning Objectives

1. Students will develop a research contract that supports a safe and effective working environment, with clear expectations.
2. Students will clearly understand program expectations and timeline and proactively engage with resources for success.
3. Students will form a baseline understanding of journal articles presentations and expectations.
4. Students will articulate and discuss goals for themselves and one another for program duration.

Pre-Meeting Tasks

• Complete your introduction slide prior to our meeting on August 31 at 2pm

Assignments

• Complete your research contract and upload it to google drive by September 9th at 5pm
• Signup for a journal article review presentation time slot
• Schedule your individual meeting with Madison
• Add the REU Group Calendar to your google calendar

Resources

• Conducting a literature review
• Reading a journal article
• Giving a journal club presentation
• Smart goals presentation (we will discuss more next week)