Citation Parts
Search Strategies
Doing Your Bibliography
Evaluating Sources
Miscellaneous
100
Kim, S. Injection Molds. Polymer 8(4)1-2 2009 10.4304/jnw.8.4.779-786 ?????Kim S????
What is author?
100
Put this after some letters so you get all the words starting with those letters.
What is What is the asterisk, star, truncation symbol, or wildcard?
100
This service (software) helps lets you export citations and format a bibliography?
What is Refworks?
100
This type of journal sends articles to experts before printing?
What is peer reviewed ( or refereed or academic ) journals?
100
Using peoples' ideas in your paper without citing them and giving them proper credit.
What is plagiarism?
200
Kim, S. Injection Molds. Polymer 8(4)1-2 2009 10.4304/jnw.8.4.779-786 ????4?????
What is Issue number?
200
When you put this between words it will only retrieve hits only if both the words are present.
What is and?
200
Using these while compiling your sources will keep your citations organized.
What are folders?
200
These url designations are often the most reliable :
What are .edu or .gov?
200
You find the most important databases AND websites for your major or specific class here.
What are the Research Guides?
300
Kim, S. Injection Molds. Polymer 8(4)1-2 2009 10.4304/jnw.8.4.779-786 ????Polymer????
What is journal title or source?
300
These give you helpful hints for searching a database.
What are search tips or librarians?
300
Use this tool to put in your citations while you are writing your paper in Word.
What is Write-N-Cite?
300
These are good sources for current events.
What are internet, newspaper and TV news?
300
Use this to find if the Umass Lowell has a particular ejournal.
What is UML ejournals? What is UML ejournals?
400
Kim, S. Injection Molds. Polymer 8(4)1-2 2009 10.4304/jnw.8.4.779-786 ????8????
What is volume number?
400
You can use these to nest words. The search operates first within them.
What is parentheses?
400
This is the most crucial of the tools in Refworks. (Hint- you should do this every time you add citations to Refworks)
What is backup and restore?
400
These include first hand reports of research findings, diaries, letters, and original poetry, plays etc.
What are primary sources?
400
When you have a journal citation or DOI this is the fastest way to find it at UML?
What is citation finder?
500
Kim, S. Injection Molds. Polymer 8(4)1-2 2009 10.4304/jnw.8.4.779-786 ????10.4304/jnw.8.4.779-786????
What is DOI or Digital Object Identifier?
500
Look here to find some synonyms for your keywords and what terms the indexers used. What is the thesaurus?
What is the thesaurus?
500
These govern what is highlighted, bolded, underlined, italicized, in a citations and where to put punctuation)
What are output rules or citation rules or citation styles?
500
Misspellings and grammar errors on a web site should have you question this.
What is accuracy or reliability?
500
These people help you find information. What are Reference Librarians or Reference Service ?
Who are Reference Librarians or Librarians?