Books & Ref
These entries on an item's catalog page describe what the item is about, as well as provide a link to other similar items
What is a subject heading?
From the library homepage, how do you find journal/article databases?
What is go to Databases then select "journal & magazine articles"?
What are
(any of: authors’ degrees, what school they went to , what organizations they are part of, papers they have written, if other people cite their papers, if they speak at conferences, etc.)?
These tools, displayed on the left hand side of the catalog results page, help refine search results
What are limiters?
This database limiter will make sure your search results only include scholarly articles, instead of other periodical types.
What is "Peer Reviewed"?
The common, systemic human errors in judgement that can be caused by many different factors.
What is cognitive bias?
The two pieces of information you need to be able to find a print book on the shelf in the library
What are the call number and the collection?
These terms are synonyms for the concepts in your research question, and can help you expand your results when searching
What are keywords?
The best practice for using ChatGPT in academic work
What is check with your professor first, then cite the AI tool and your prompt?
This type of library resource includes encyclopedias and dictionaries, and can be a great first step in the research process.
What are reference sources?
These types of library resources contain opinions, analysis, but not the results of original research
What are newspapers and magazines?
This is the fourth step in the SIFT method
What is trace claims/quotes/media to the original context?
When citing a book using APA 7th ed, these words in the title should be capitalized
What is the first word, the first word after a colon, and proper nouns?
The meaning of the numbers before the DOI in this citation:
Shah, A. (2023). Consequences of paying high dividends to shareholders and/or share buybacks on a firm's competitive advantage. Journal of Business Strategies, 40(2), 69-76. doi:https://doi.org/10.54155/jbs.40.2.69-76
What are the volume, issue and page numbers of the article?
This library tool can help manage papers, citations and bibliographies
What is RefWorks