Proteopedia:Guidelines for Ethical Writing: Difference between revisions
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When you use scientific literature for overall organization, for finding other literature, or in summarizing or paraphrasing information, you have to cite it (see [[Help:Editing#Citing_Literature_References|How to Cite Literature References]]). In order to cite literature, you have to have full-text access to it (i.e. you should not cite a paper after just reading the abstract). Paraphrasing extended sections, while ethical, will not help in creating a great Proteopedia page because the genre (scope, audience, style) of your source will not match that of your page. | When you use scientific literature for overall organization, for finding other literature, or in summarizing or paraphrasing information, you have to cite it (see [[Help:Editing#Citing_Literature_References|How to Cite Literature References]]). In order to cite literature, you have to have full-text access to it (i.e. you should not cite a paper after just reading the abstract). Paraphrasing extended sections, while ethical, will not help in creating a great Proteopedia page because the genre (scope, audience, style) of your source will not match that of your page. | ||
If you use other sources (Wikipedia, | If you use other sources (Wikipedia, databases, electronic textbooks, or anything lacking an [https://isbn.org/ ISBN], [https://www.issn.org/understanding-the-issn/what-is-an-issn/ ISSN], or [https://www.doi.org/ DOI]), you have to cite them as well, including the date when you accessed them. | ||
For each molecular scene, clearly indicate which coordinates you are showing (typically by mentioning the PDB-ID in the caption). If you are using uploaded coordinates, include their provenance in the coordinates themselves (as a REMARK header comment) and in the meta-data, and include the filename of the coordinates in the caption of the scene. | For each molecular scene, clearly indicate which coordinates you are showing (typically by mentioning the PDB-ID in the caption). If you are using uploaded coordinates, include their provenance in the coordinates themselves (as a REMARK header comment) and in the meta-data, and include the filename of the coordinates in the caption of the scene. | ||