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CATALOG
GENERAL DATABASES
OH C.R.A.A.P.!
THIS n' THAT
100
Before beginning research, you might do this to develop a topic.
What is brainstorming or concept map?
100
There are different collections in the Library; name one of them.
What is a DVD, Non-Fiction, Fiction, VHS, Audiokit, Reference, Periodicals, Ozarkiana, Map, etc
100
Name a type of source that is found in a general database.
What is a newspaper, journal, magazine, book, report, dissertations, etc.
100
If a web site's links are all functional, it leads us to believe that the web site is this.
What is current?
100
A student needs this to check out any resource from our Library.
What is a student ID?
200
A word that means exactly or nearly the same as another.
What is a synonym?
200
Name the classification system that our library uses to shelve items.
What is the Dewey Decimal System?
200

A file format that provides an electronic image of text and/or graphics that looks like a printed document and can be viewed, printed, and electronically transmitted.

What is a PDF file?
200
Name a URL domain that is considered reliable.
What is .gov or .edu?
200
The Ozarkiana Collection is found on what floor of the Library.
What is the 3rd or Top floor?
300
When searching for a topic, use these main words in the phrase or sentence.
What are keywords?
300
Name one field in the library catalog that enables you to search for resources.
What is author, title, subject, keyword, genre, publisher?
300
A general database that has one search box.
What is ProQuest?
300
If a source is error-free, it might be considered this.
What is accurate?
300
Items on reserve can be checked out here.
What is the Front Desk or Circulation Desk?
400

When starting research, you should be able to find the information, so your question should be

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What is answerable?
400
Give the name of a collection in our library that is non-circulating?
What is Reference, Ozarkiana, or Periodical?
400
Examples of this type of source are Time, Library Journal, and the Wall Street Journal.
What is a periodical?
400
If a source is biased and tries to persuade you, it relates to this part of CRAAP.
What is purpose?
400
To steal or pass off ideas or words as your own.
What is Plagiarism?
500
An effective research question should be this.
What is unbiased OR Answered with facts OR open-ended?
500
The results in the Library catalog can be sorted by one of these methods.
What is relevance, author, title, call number, publication date?
500
To save your research in a database, you can create and log into this.
What is an account or My Research?
500
What does the acronym C.R.A.A.P. stand for?
What is Current, Relevant, Accurate, Authority, & Purpose?
500
S.H.A.P.E. stands for this.
What is Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experiences?
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