Using the Library
Evaluating Information
Searching
College Research
Citation/Plagiarism
100
Words or phrases that describe what an item is about.
What are subject headings.
100
This refers to the recency of the writing on a topic. It is more important for some subjects than it is for others (for Medicine, in particular, it is very important0
What is timeliness or currency
100
This type of Boolean search combines synonyms of the same terms in order to retrieve more potentially relevant results
What is a Boolean search using "OR"
100
When an author submits a research article to a journal for publication, it often goes through this
What is peer review
100
This citation is for a certain material type: O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: A metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York, NY: Springer.
What is a book chapter.
200
When you have a citation for an article you are trying to find you type this into Journal Finder.
What is the name of the journal.
200
This is the most credible domain for a website.
What is a .gov
200
If you want to get the most relevant materials in a database or library catalog, you can search by this category
What is subject
200
You can often find peer reviewed journal articles in Google Scholar, but at as a college student your best bet is to search here so that you won't be asked to pay for the article to retrieve full text.
What is the Research Databases on the library homepage
200
You need these three things in an in-text citation for a direct quote.
What is the author, the year of publication, and a page number.
300
If the library does not own the book you want, you may access this account online, to borrow it from another library
What is interlibrary loan
300
When on a .org is it is important to visit this section to determine the bias, if any, of the organization sponsoring the website.
What is the "about us" section.
300
This symbol * is used to search for terms that include the root of the word you are search
What is truncation
300
This tells you what the article is about
What is the abstract
300
The concepts that makes it legally permissible to reproduce portions of works for educational purposes without permission?
What is fair use?
400
If you need to see if the library owns a book that you want you can go to this place on the library homepage.
What is the library catalog (or Lexicat)
400
This refers to the expertise of the person or organization writing on a topic
What is authority
400
This allows you to search multiple fields in a database or library catalog
What is an advanced (or guided) search
400
This provides you with a list of sources used in the writing of an article, book, or paper, for example
What is the Reference list
400
True or false: you can use a paper in a class that you have written and submitted for another class
What is false
500
If you want to find articles to use to write a research paper you can go here on the library homepage
What is the Research Databases
500
While evaluating a source, you determine that it is written for children in middle school and is not really appropriate for a college research paper. You just evaluated the source on which criterion?
What is audience
500
When searching in a database or library catalog, you can sort by relevance (usually the default setting) or this
What is date of publication
500
A characteristic of a scholarly journal or article that makes it differ from a popular periodical
Possible answers: What is a reference list What is the author is often a professor or researcher and an expert What is the article is written for professors or college students
500
An example of something you do not need to cite
What is common knowledge
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