1. Bountiful High School MAP Ethics Research Project

2. Research Tasks You have a topic. What are you supposed to do now?
Find great information
5 Reliable Sources covering all sides of the issue
Take careful notes and stay organized
What are you eventually supposed to do with the research?
Write a 1,300-1,600 word essay
So you have to learn a lot about the subject now, or else you’ll have to re-research.

3. Using Databases: Utah’s Online Library
Let’s all begin on Utah’s Online Library:
Go to onlinelibrary.uen.org
Choose EBSCO: High Schools
Using Databases: Utah’s Online Library

4. After clicking on EBSCO: High School, select “All Databases” on the first page and “Select” and “Continue” on the second page.
First of all, make sure you click on “Full Text” at the bottom of the page, so you can read the article. Also, make sure you click on “Image Quick View” to view graphics.
For our first search, type in the word Ethics and then type in some or all of your topic’s key words. Hit the “Search” button and see what you get.
Search Engines: EBSCO

5. If you don’t find what you’re looking for
Try using synonyms (similar words) or technical terms.
Try to broaden or narrow your focus.
Try using Boolean operators (and/or/not)
Try using an Advanced Search, and change the field to “AB Abstract.”
Sometimes research can be tricky. You may not find much on your first search, or you may not find good articles on the first few pages of a search return.
Research Tips

6. Reading/Citing the Article
Sometimes the article just shows up; other times you have to click the “PDF Full Text” icon on the left side of the screen to access it.
If you find an article you want to use, you can click the citation tool to the right of the article, and it shows you exactly how to cite it in AMA format. Copy and paste it into a document, so you can use it to cite your sources.
You can choose “Image Quick View” to look for images for your essay under the “Limit your results” search area. Click the “How do I cite this image?” link to see the correct AMA citation.
You can also the articles to yourself (but the filters on the school sometimes don’t allow these articles to get through, so use a different ).
Reading/Citing the Article

7. Search Two: Gale Reference Collection 9-12
You might have enough info to complete the assignment right now, but I want you to try one more place on Utah’s Online Library in case it helps you find better/more information.
Go back to the onlinelibrary.uen.org tab at the top of the page, and click on Gale Reference Collection 9-12.
Search Two: Gale Reference Collection 9-12

8. Two Gale Databases
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is a great place to find information about debatable topics like your ethical issues. You can click “Browse Topics” to see an alphabetical list (and your assignment will be practically done for you), or you can do a search to see what articles we have on your issue.
Science in Context works the same way. You can do a standard search in the box at the top, or you can find a alphabetical list of medical-related subjects down at the bottom of the page under “Health and Medicine.” Click “View All” to access the medical-related list that goes in alphabetical order.

9. Unfortunately, Gale won’t cite your source in AMA format like EBSCO will. A lot of students have lost their articles because they don’t save them or write down any extra information like the title and author.
If you find an article you want to keep, log in to Microsoft 365 at the top of your Gale database using your school and password.
From there, click Download from the article tools and save it to Onedrive. It will save the article, any highlights you have made, and any notes you have taken in a folder on Onedrive that is the same name as the database you are using. So if you are using Science in Context, your article will be in your Office 365 Onedrive account under a folder titled Science in Context.
Saving Articles

10. American Medical Association Formatting for Citations
With AMA style, you use superscript (those cute little numbers) to identify sources inside of the text in the order in which they appear.
The icon on Word looks like this under the font info.
Tap once to type the number, and again to go back to normal script.
At the end of your paper, make sure you include a bibliography of your sources. Title it “Reference List” and include your sources numbered in the order in which you used them in your writing. The first source you use will be numbered1 and correspond with 1. in your Reference List. So you cite things numerically, not alphabetically.
American Medical Association Formatting for Citations

11. Here are the things you will want to include in your references:
Author(s): LastName [space] FirstInitialMiddleInitial.
Article title with only first word and proper nouns capitalized.
Journal Title in Italics using the abbreviations found on the following web site:
Year; volume (issue #): pages used.
Full URL or the name of the database where it can be found.
Published date.
Date of access.
Example
1. Derek P. Undercooked England barbecued for their food fads. Daily Telegraph. November 9, 2013:21. Available from: MasterFILE Complete. Accessed February 1, 2018.
Each reference is single spaced within the reference, and you double space between references.
If you need extra information, the Purdue Online Writing Lab has a lot of great details on AMA Format:
We also have the we have the AMA Manual of Style (10th Edition) in the library, which you can consult as a reference.
Reference List

12. If you need any help, come see me in the library.
Good Luck!