A summary of the general ideas or principles of an article.
Abstract
A serious magazine produced for professional people or those with a particular interest. These sources have the reputation of being very credible sources and usually contain presentations and discussions of research that relates to specific academic subjects.
Journal
When someone uses another person’s words, ideas, or work and pretends they are their own
Plagiarism
An area within a database that has all of the database’s sources on a particular topic/subject.
Portal Page
a large amount of information on a particular subject that is stored on a computer in an organized way so that you can search and find sources for your research project.
Database
The quality of deserving to be believed and trusted.
Credibility
A reference to a published or unpublished source that you used to collect information from for your research paper
Citation