FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Do I have to attend each class?

  • Laboratory attendance is mandatory.
  • There are materials which will only be covered in the lectures.

2. How should I cite references in the written assignment?

    • For the essay, students must cite all referenced materials and include a set of references.
    • Reference types
        • Journal Articles: Author (last name, first name, and other Initials; then Secondary Authors as first name, other initials, last name). Publication year. Article title; Complete Journal Citation [nameof journal, volume number, pages (volume no is followed by a colon, and the pages; e.g., 20:45-51)].
        • Example: Chock, Alvin K. 1968. Hawaiian Ethnobotanical Studies I. Native Food and Beverage Plants. Economic Botany 22:221-237, tabs. I-III.
        • Books: Author (last name, first name, and other Initials; then Secondary Authors as first name, other initials, last name). Publication year. Book Title. Publisher, Location.
        • Example: Emory, Kenneth P., William J. Bonk, & Yoshihiko Sinoto. 1958. Fishhooks. Second edition (1st ed., 1959) Bishop Museum special publication 47:i-xi, pp. 1-62, illus., Honolulu.
        • Book Chapters: Author (last name, first name, and other Initials; then secondary authors as first name, other initials, last name). Publication year. Publication title. Page numbers IN: Book Title. Edited by Author (last name, first name, and other Initials; then secondary authors as first name, other initials, last name). Publisher, Location.
        • Theses/Dissertations: Author (last name, first, and other initials). Publication year. Title of Thesis or Dissertation. Thesis or Dissertation, University, Location.
        • Manuscripts with Authors: Author (last name, first name, and other Initials; then secondary authors as first name, other initials, last name). . Year of production (if known) or "n.d." for No Date. Title of Manuscript (if known), or a brief manuscript description. Location (institution, archive) of manuscript.
        • Manuscripts without Authors: Title of Manuscript or a Brief Manuscript Description. Year of production (if known) or "n.d." for No Date. Title of Manuscript (if known) or a brief manuscript description. Location (institution, archive) of manuscript.
        • Hawaiian Newspaper article without author. (Anonymous. Article title, newspaper title and date, [volume (makahiki), number (helu), page (aoaoe)]..
        • Example: Anonymous. 1834. No ka laau o ka nahelehele. Ka Lama Hawai‘i, 25 April 1834 (makahiki 1, helu 11, aoaoe 11).
        • Internet Sites with Authors: Author (last name, first name, and other Initials; then Secondary Authors as first name, other initials, last name). Publication year or date if listed on the webpage. Site Title or Page Title as appropriate. Site address (URL, without the leading http://). Date (month, year, date) you downloaded the internet information.
        • Internet Sites without Authors: Title of Site or a brief site description. Publication year or date if listed on the webpage. Site Title or Page Title as appropriate. Site address (URL, without the leading http://). Date (month, year, date) you downloaded the internet information.
        • Example (website): Ethnobiology Society, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. www2.hawaii.edu/~ethnobio/ (Site last updated March 7, 2017). Accessed Sept. 2, 2017.
        • Example (video): The Science of Ethnobotany with Dr. Paul Cox. YouTube (6:07; uploaded by ViVaNSE on Nov. 4, 2010), www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UYl6kmS8fQ, Dec. 31, 2011.
        • Personal Communications: Source Last Name, First Name and other Initials (nickname if applicable). Date of communication. Brief description of communication (e.g., "Telephone interview about useful trees of the Kalahari"). Location of deposited recordings, interview transcripts, or other records of the communication. ("with the author" is not sufficient. Only permanently deposited records of communications should be cited.)
        • Example: Mark Merlin, Professor of Botany, UH Mānoa, in person, psychoactive plants, Honolulu, HI. Aug. 25, 2017.
        • Spell out all Journal Titles: Do not use abbreviations. In lists of Authors use "&" instead of "and". Use only single spaces following periods.
        • In the text cite as: (Pukui 1986). Do not list page numbers. et al. should be used in the text (Jones et al. 1999) but NOT in the list of references cited.

3. Do I need to learn common (Hawaiian and other) and scientific (Latin) names for plants?

  • Yes. Some names are mentioned in the videos and in the readings multiple times. These are important plants to know and remember.
  • No. Many, many plant names are mentioned only one or twice in order to illustrate that there is diversity of plants or to point out plants that you may know and be familiar with. These names are not as important to learn.

(Revised Jan. 3, 2017)