what do you do to the list of works cited (the first item is usually the author's last name).
What is alphabetization?
100
This is a collection of pieces of information that is organized and used on a computer.
What is a database?
100
a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.
What is a citation?
100
A term that means pertaining to right and wrong in conduct; being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct
What is ethical?
100
What to choose if your search is too broad or vague.
What is a narrower topic?
200
a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere.
What is a secondary source?
200
These keywords are supported by most search engines.
What is Boolean operators?
200
To give a brief statement of the main points of something.
What is summarize?
200
Considered academic dishonesty and a breach of journalistic ethics.
What is plagiarism?
200
Style that is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences.
What is APA (American Psychological Association) style?
300
A possible but not yet actual source of information.
What is a potential source?
300
You might have to use this if your search is too specific or specialized.
What is a broader topic?
300
Often defined as putting a passage from an author into “your own words.”
What is paraphrase?
300
The rights of individuals to read, seek information, and speak freely as guaranteed by the First Amendment
What is Intellectual Freedom?
300
A qualification, achievement, personal quality, or aspect of a person's background, typically when used to indicate that they are suitable for something.
What are credentials?
400
original materials; a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.
What is a primary source?
400
Allows you to combine words and phrases using certain words to limit, widen, or define your search.
What is a Boolean search?
400
A list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text.
What is bibliography (also works consulted, works cited)?
400
A term that means a legal concept giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it; a form of intellectual property
What is copyright?
400
The style that is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.
What is MLA (Modern Language Association) style?
500
index and/or textual condensation of primary and secondary sources
What is a tertiary source?
500
Used to expand research by retrieving multiple variants of a keyword that begins with the same root or stem; uses an asterisk (*).
What is truncation?
500
Knowledge that is available to anyone and does not need to be cited.
What is common knowledge?
500
This is a law that gives you the right to access information from the federal government. It is often described as the law that keeps citizens in the know about their government.