Source Types
First formal write-up of experiment results by the scientist(s)/researcher(s) who performed the experiment.
Primary source
Literature that is produced outside of traditional commercial publishing models, sometimes called unpublished literature
Grey literature
True or False: Call numbers apply to print and electronic materials
False: Print materials only to help you locate an object's shelf location
Easy-to-use academic search tool for finding resources provided by the Queen's University Library
Omni
Prioritizes content based on algorithms that crawl, index and rank information on the web
Search engines
Primary source format
Experiment/study; lab notebook; interview; survey etc.
True or False: Social media, government information, and clinical trial data are examples of grey literature
True
Classification used by the Bracken Library for print books
NLM - National Library of Medicine
Number of partner institutions with which the Queen's Library shares resources
19
True or False: Google Scholar and PubMed should be accessed via the Library website
True: To ensure access to full text where available (deep web)
Journal of Microbiology
Scholarly source
True or False: Grey literature undergoes peer review and includes detailed bibliographic references
False
Data about data
Metadata
Service that gets you (print) books, book chapters and articles from other university libraries
Interlibrary Loans Service
Susceptible to hallucinating or making up information, content, or sources by predicting rather than thinking
Generative AI (chatbots)
Process in which an article submitted to a journal for publication undergoes review and critique by other experts in the field to ensure it meets the accepted standards of that field
Peer Review
A version of a scholarly/scientific work that has not yet been through peer-review or published
Preprint
Commonly required item that uses metadata (think: the things you include in assignments to demonstrate your research findings)
Reference lists/citations
True or False: Typing out your question in its entirety is the best way to search in Omni
False: Like most search engines and databases, articles and prepositions such as of, in, on, for, the, to, with, etc. are stop words meaning they are ignored
"Colossal information" is an example of this phenomenon
Tortured phrases: Automated translation that attempts to disguise plagiarism (Big Data)
A source that interprets and analyzes primary sources
Secondary source
True or False: Grey literature is not important in reducing the impact of publication bias as it is created and disseminated outside of traditional scholarly publishing models
False: It IS important in reducing the impact of publication bias as it is created and disseminated outside of traditional scholarly publishing models
Location of print books at Bracken
Lower Level
Connecting word to combine distinct concepts within a search (Think: conjunction)
Who to contact when you need research help
A LIBRARIAN !