Searching
Resources
Evaluation
Citation
Terminology
100
A search that looks for two words and only brings back results in which both words appear.
What is an AND search.
100
This resource is different from a search engine in that it contains curated records that are organized in defined ways.
What is a database.
100
A resource that is reviewed by experts in that field before it is published for quality.
What is peer-reviewed.
100
A list of publications used by an author in his or her research.
What is a bibliography or reference list.
100
A person or system who regulates or controls the flow of information.
What is a gatekeeper.
200
A search that looks for two words and will return results in which at least one of the two words appears.
What is an OR search.
200
When you are researching a topic that you don't know much about, this resource is a good place to get an overview and learn basic relevant vocabulary.
What is an encyclopedia (or handbook).
200
A resource that does not state where the information in it came from is likely to lack this CRAAP criterion.
What is accuracy.
200
Using another person's exact words in your paper surrounded by " " and followed by (Authorname, Year, pages).
What is a direct quotation.
200
A term assigned to an information source from a defined list by the person(s) who assembles and curates the collection it is in.
What is a subject term, or controlled vocabulary term.
300
A category that may include subject term, resource type, discipline, etc., that reduces the number of results in a results list.
What is a facet, limiter, or filter.
300
Another term for peer reviewed resources.
What is scholarly.
300
A webpage that does not list an author, publication date, and/or contact information for questions or content corrections can be said to lack this CRAAP criterion.
What is authority.
300
Using someone else's words or ideas without giving that person credit.
What is plagiarism.
300
The knowledge, skills, and behaviors used in a broad range of digital devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop PCs, all of which are seen as network rather than computing devices
What is digital literacy.
400
A search returns results containing the words psychology, psychoanalysis, psychotic, psychologist, and psychosis. What was the original search term?
What is psycho*
400
This library service will deliver books and articles that the library does not own when you place requests for them.
What is interlibrary loan.
400
An article that presents and supports only one point of view.
What is biased.
400
The piece of information missing from this citation: Cullen, Maura. (2008). _____________. Garden City, NY: Experts Academy Press.
What is the title.
400
A keyword term describing an information resource that is supplied by the creator of the resource.
What is an author term.
500
Of the two basic types of searches, this one will return the greatest number of results.
What is an OR search.
500
You are writing a paper about space exploration, and you have a book on NASA space programs. This part of the book would tell you what pages of the book discussed the Voyager 1 space probe.
What is the index.
500
CRAAP is an acronym for these criteria.
What is currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose.
500
Type of resource that is cited this way: Solso, R.L. (2001). Brain activities in a skilled versus a novice artist: an fMRI study. Leonardo, 34(1), 31-34.
What is a journal article.
500
An * is an example of this type of symbol.
What is a truncation symbol.