7.1 what is research
what is a scholarly investigation into a topic to discover, revise, or report facts, theories, and applications?
Research
After you’ve finished reading useful sources, you go back to see who those sources cited on their bibliographies or reference pages. what is this called.
Backtracking.
Why are siting sources important?
because it enables readers to see where you found information cited within a speech, article, or book.
What is a truth that is arrived at through scientific process.
fact
what information source provides short, very general information about a topic.
encyclopedia
what is it called when you cite the actual words from a source with no changes?
A direct quotation
what is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested scientifically?
Theory
What are magazines and newsletters that are published for a narrower audience?
Special-interest periodicals
what is it called when you take a source’s basic idea and condense it using your own words?
paraphrasing
what category of research is carried out to discover or revise facts, theories, and applications and is reported by the person conducting the research.
Primary research
what are magazines and newsletters published on a fairly systematic basis?
general-interest periodicals.
what style of citation social science disciplines, such as psychology, human communication, and business, typically use
APA style
what type of research is carried out to discover or revise facts, theories, and applications—similar
secondary research
The phases that connect the beginning of a project to its end.
project life cycle
what style of citations do humanities disciplines, such as English, philosophy, and rhetoric, typically use
MLA Style