Source Evaluation
These types of sources are original, first-hand accounts, or raw data, such as a diary, novel, or original research study.
Primary Sources
The name for these three words—AND, OR, and NOT—to narrow, broaden, or exclude terms in your search.
Boolean Operators
These are the four essential elements required for a standard APA style citation.
Author, Date, Title, and Source
A high-quality research question should be these three things. (Hint: C, C, F)
Clear, Complex, and Focused
The word for these big companies like ProQuest, EBSCOhost, and Elsevier that host many different databases
Database Platforms
This formal process involves experts in a field checking the validity, methods, and significance of a paper before it is published in a scholarly journal.
Peer Review
This is the floor at JCKL where most of the physical books are arranged counter-clockwise in alphabetical order by call number.
3rd Floor
This formatting style must be applied to the second and subsequent lines of every entry in your Reference List.
Hanging Indent
This stage of the research process involves using AI or searching the library catalog/databases/Google Scholar to investigate a broad topic and add refinements before finalizing a question. (Hint: Rhymes with research)
Pre-Search
These predefined, controlled terms are more effective than natural language keywords for focusing on the exact aspect of a subject.
Subject Headings
This term describes books or articles intended to entertain or inform the general public, usually published by commercial rather than academic presses. It is also a song from the musical "Wicked."
Popular
This combination of letters and numbers (e.g., QP303 .L535 2011) on a small label on the book spine acts as the book's address on the library shelf.
Call Number
In an APA journal article citation, the article's title should use this specific capitalization style where only the first word is capitalized.
Sentence case
Age, gender, location, and time period are all examples of these, which help narrow a broad topic into a refined research question.
Refinements
In ProQuest databases, you can find related Subject Headings by clicking on this specific tool in the Advanced Search.
Thesaurus
This type of source (like an encyclopedia or Wikipedia) compiles and summarizes primary and secondary information but is usually not appropriate as a cited research source. It is another word for 'third.'
Tertiary
The free service that the library provides if you cannot access the full text of a book or article in the library's catalog or Google Scholar.
Interlibrary Loan
This unique alphanumeric string provides a persistent link to a scholarly article and should be included at the end of the citation if available.
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
Using AI to produce an entire assignment or significant portions of it without attribution or instructor permission is an example of this.
Plagiarism
This term refers to databases that cover a wide variety of subjects, such as Academic Search Ultimate or ProQuest Central.
Multidisciplinary
You can use this library database to find information on a journal’s peer-review process and check for its academic standing.
Cabell’s Directory
When citing an article in-text with three or more authors, you should use this Latin abbreviation for "and others" after the first author's last name.
et al.
A list of citations with explanations about how the source was evaluated for credibility, authority, and relevance to a research question.
Annotation or Annotated Bibliography
This is a way to find sources by using the references of another quality source rather than keyword searching.
Citation Chaining