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100

The name of the desk you go to in Ellis Library to check out books, DVDs, electronics, chargers, or even umbrellas

What is Circulation Desk?

100

Two words that could be in your results if you include nationalis* in your Discover@MU Advanced search

(Any two of these: nationalist, nationalists, nationalism, nationalistic)

100

The journal in which the article "Autocratic regime survival, regime instability, and foreign asset expropriation" appears

What is International Interactions

100

A section NOT likely to be part of a peer reviewed article is: abstract, conclusions, daily update, methods, results, works cited

What is daily update?

200

According to the Ellis Library sensory maps, this floor of the building has the MOST space with natural light.

What is 2nd floor?

200

Where on the Discover@MU results page you can click to limit your results to a format such as books, journal articles, or ebooks. 

What is "Source Type" button. Also acceptable: "just below the search box" or "between the search box and the results list"

200

The call number of the book whose title begins, "Ruling But Not Governing"

What is JF195.C5 C66 2007 ?

200

Of these publication outlets, the one that likeliest to be peer reviewed: C-Span; Chronicle of Higher Education; Wall Street Journal; Journal of Eastern African Studies; Brookings Institution

What is Journal of Eastern African Studies?

300

The number of generally reservable study rooms at the Journalism Library

What is 3?

300

The AI-driven tool being piloted by MU that will return peer-reviewed articles based on small or large blocks of text

What is Keenious?

300

The biggest advantage of starting a search for peer-reviewed articles in Discover@MU instead of ChatGPT, Google, or even other library databases

Best answer: Discover@MU focuses on material MU has access to (full text almost guaranteed). 
300

A good use for a review article with respect to your writing assignment

What it identifying comparable research articles on a topic to examine in your paper

400

The floors of Ellis Library that have all-gender restrooms

What are 2nd and 4th floors?

400

In an Advanced Search, a reason to limit at least one line of the search to items where your search terms are in the TITLE

What is "to add focus," "to increase relevance," "to reduce irrelevant results" or similar

400

The floor in Ellis Library where you'll find the book Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women's Rights

What is 2nd floor East (or: 2E)?

400

The likely job title of a peer reviewer for an academic journal (that is, their salaried job, not their work doing peer reviews)

What is professor?

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