In this activity, you will search and identify three articles in peer reviewed journals using the databases available that represent primary sources of literature in the field of genetics. These will be the primary sources for your research paper.

Check the articles you find for the subsections that we identified last week before making them your choice for submission (introduction or summary, materials, and methods, including figures and discussion

Choose a database such as Academic Search Complete, Medline, or ERIC.

Conduct your search as recommended above.

Copy and paste links to three genetics articles in journals from the databases. (Make note of the APA citations as this is the form of citation required

For each of the three articles, include the following information (in the order presented).
Article title: include with the title a direct permalink to the article in the EC library. (This link will show you how to locate and create a permalink for your article: Creating Permalinks (Links to an external site.))

Summary: A comprehensive summary of the article using your own words using third person voice (avoid use of pronouns such as I, me, you). The summary should be approximately 2-3 paragraphs double spaced.

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