BIOL 2321

Survey of Infectious Diseases

Spring 2009

The instructor, D'Maris Allen-Mierl, will hold office hours in RGC 342 to be announced in January.

Online office hours for this section will be held on Mondays from 8:00 - 8:50 pm.

I will check my E-mail on weekdays. When I receive your work, I will reply that I have received it. If you don't hear from me very soon, please assume one of our computers has a problem and resubmit your work. Don't forget that if you have questions or problems, you may also reach me then by that old standby at 223-3322.

   One thing you may want to do to help you stay abreast of emerging infectious diseases around the world is to subscribe to ProMED, which comes via E-mail daily. Send a message to: "majordomo@promedmail.org". To (un)subscribe to the promed-digest, type: "(un)subscribe promed-digest" in the message.

 

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Important Information

When selecting online references, remember that not all information on the WWW is reliable. Always try to use journal articles or governmental documents as the "authority," and not rely on commerical sites (.com) unless the same information appears in multiple references. Two references with the same URL except for the last part will be considered the same reference, like different pages in a book. Include all sources used; reference books by a standard format. Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference for this couse!!

Be VERY careful when referencing online sites. Each underscore, period, or capital letter must be exact, or we will not be able to find the site. Always check your references before reporting them by using the OPEN feature on your browser. If your reference will not open, it will not be counted toward your grade. To report your sources, prepare a bibliography and number all references used. Then in the body of your report, give the number of the reference you used for information. This is called endnotes, which you have probably used for other research papers. As with any report, be sure to paraphrase the information you use. If you choose to use direct quotes from the article, you must use quotation marks. I will be checking your references, so do NOT plagiarize!! An example of a report with proper referencing is shown on the disease page. I am VERY picky about what is posted on the web, so expect to produce high quality projects.

Referencing online information is very similar to what you cite for any reference. Five pieces of information are needed for an online reference:

1. the author of the article, if available. If no person is given, document the most specific information you can find about who wrote it. Sources are often written by a group of individuals within a branch or division of an organization

2. title of the article

3. the date it was written or updated

4. the Internet address (For example, www2.austincc.edu/microbio/2321/syllabus.html is the URL or reference for this page, which should show in your browser heading. An easy way to get this correctly is to copy it from your browser and paste into your word processing program so typos will not be made), and

5. the date you accessed the information.

Tasks To Complete

1. Research selected infectious diseases.   View the rubric used for grading these disease reports.

 

 Search Hints: Use small letters usually, unless searching for a proper name. To limit the search, use capital letters or put several words in quotation marks. See other suggestions at each search site.

 Use these web sites to search

 

2. Solve short case studies through a case study exercise.

3. Solve Case Study 1.

4. Solve Case Study 2. 

5. Prepare your own case study.

Online Orientation