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Biology 150: Biodiversity Foundations

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This guide is designed to help you locate, evaluate, and cite sources for your research in Environmental Studies 202. For further assistance, you can:

Best Bets: Databases

St. Olaf has access to many databases that will assist you in your research, but try these to get started.

Zotero Help

 

Adding Italics to Zotero Records

If you need to display information in italics (for example, genus and species names), you will need to edit the Zotero record. Type <i> where you want the italics to begin, and </i> where you want them to end.

  • For example, here's what an article title would look like in Zotero:
    • Microplastic study reveals the presence of natural and synthetic fibres in the diet of King Penguins <i>(Aptenodytes patagonicus)</i> foraging from South Georgia
  • And here's what that same article title would look like in your Word document or Google doc:
    • Microplastic study reveals the presence of natural and synthetic fibres in the diet of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) foraging from South Georgia.

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