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Citation Parts
Do and Don't
Search Strategies
Doing Your Bibliography
Sources and Misc.
100
Kelly, Fergal in Concrete concerns. Kelly, Fergal Source: Structural Engineer,87(5):25. March 3, 2009. 0.1061/40492(2000)180
What is author?
100
Your laptop, wallet, ipad, ipod, etc.
What is don't leave unattended?
100
When you put this between words, it only gets things where both words are present
What is and?
100
This service lets you export citations and do a bibliography?
What is RefWorks?
100
These give you helpful hints for doing an effective search
What are search tips, search hints, help or librarians?
200
Concrete concerns in Concrete concerns. Kelly, Fergal Source: Structural Engineer,87(5):25. March 3, 2009. 0.1061/40492(2000)180
What is title of article?
200
Using other peoples' ideas without giving them proper credit
What is plagiariam?
200
When you put this between words it will get things when either word is present as well as when both words are present.
What is or?
200
This is the most crucial tool in RefWorks. Use it every time you add citations
What is Backup?
200
This is the largest database in engineering
What is Engineering Village?
300
87 in Concrete concerns. Kelly, Fergal Source: Structural Engineer,87(5):25. March 3, 2009
What is volume number?
300
Waiting till the last minute to do your library research
What is plagiarism?
300
When you put this at the end a word, it gets all the words starting with these letters
What is an asterisk, star, wildcard or truncation symbol?
300
Create these in RefWorks to keep your references organized.
What are folders?
300
Use this to find the most important resources in Civil Engineering
What is the Civil Engineering Research Guide?
400
25 in Concrete concerns. Kelly, Fergal Source: Structural Engineer,87(5):25. March 3, 2009. 0.1061/40492(2000)180
What is page number?
400
Doing this to get articles you can get for free
What is pay or purchase?
400
Use these to nest words. The search operates first within them.
What are parentheses?
400
This tool lets you access your references and do your bibliography while writing your paper in Word.
What is Write and Cite?
400
If the full text of the article is not available in the database you are searching, do this
Look in article quick search or ejournals by title.
500
0.1061/40492(2000)180 in Concrete concerns. Kelly, Fergal Source: Structural Engineer,87(5):25. March 3, 2009. 0.1061/40492(2000)180.
What is DOI or Digital Object Identifier?
500
Always do this to your bibliography before you hand it in
What is proofread or check it over?
500
Use this to find synonyms and words the indexers used
What is a thesaurus?
500
These govern where you put punctuation and how you format a citation
What are citation rules, citation styles or output styles, MLA, APA, etc.?
500
This is an important source for ebooks in Engineering
What is Knovel, EngNetbase?