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Potpourri
100
Identifies if the source is up to date?
What is currency?
100
Use these to search by phrase.
What are quotation marks?
100
Use this to find books and other items available in the library as well as some electronic resources.
What is the catalog?
100
Use this to chat, text, or email a GCSC librarian directly from the library's page.
What is Ask A Librarian?
100
Use this as the Borrower ID to log on to GCSC Library's online resources.
What is your GCSC student ID number?
200
Identifies whether the source is thorough and provides enough information on a topic.
What is relevancy?
200
When using Google, use this (found in the URL) to identify the source of the web page.
What is the domain?
200
GCSC Library provides access to over 100 of these online resources.
What are databases?
200
Use this to calculate your steps in the research process.
What is Assignment Calculator?
200
This allows you to borrow materials from another library in Florida, the United States, or even the world!
What is Interlibrary Loan?
300
Identifies the person or organization responsible for the information and their credentials.
What is authority?
300
Use this three letter word to link your search terms and narrow results.
What is AND?
300
This is source may be found in a newspaper, magazine, or journal and may be in a database.
What is an article?
300
This is an appointment with one of your GCSC librarians where you can get personalized help with your research.
What is a consultation?
300
This explains or discusses the people, story, or events in a primary source.
What is secondary source?
400
This identifies if the information is confirmed by other sources, if links work, and if spelling is correct.
What is accuracy?
400
Use this two letter word to link synonyms in your search. This will broaden your search and get more results.
What is OR?
400
This publication is different than a magazine, although they may look similar, the information contained within is very different.
What is a journal?
400
Use this to discover synonyms and potential search terms for your topic.
What is a thesaurus?
400
This is copying and pasting from the web, or using another author's words without citing.
What is plagiarism?
500
This identifies the reason information is provided.
What is purpose?
500
This powerful searching tool is available when searching the library's catalog, Google, and other search engines.
What is Advanced Search?
500
This process requires information in an article be fact-checked and assessed for accuracy before publication.
What is peer-reviewed?
500
This was created for your class and contains research tips and links to library resources.
What is a library guide?
500
Scholarly articles can be found in these. Hint: They are available in GCSC Library databases.
What are journals?
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