The Research Process
This is the first, but the hardest part of the research process.
What is developing a research question?
To access library databases, always start here--never on Google!
What is the research guides?
You must do this whenever you quote or paraphrase someone else's work.
What is cite your source?
Journal article or book: Bryman, A., & Bell, E. (2015). Business research methods. Oxford University Press.
What is a book?
Type of source, which gives a first-hand account of an event
What is the primary source?
Name the research tool in our library where you can find books, articles, videos, theses, and more
What is OMNI?
These three Boolean Operators help narrow or expand your search.
What are AND, OR & NOT?
The use of words, ideas, images without giving credit to your source.
What is plagiarism?
Journal article or book: Cassar, G., Ittner, C. D., & Cavalluzzo, K. S. (2015). Alternative information sources and information asymmetry reduction: Evidence from small business debt. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 59(2), 242-263.
What is a journal article?
Journals that are reviewed by experts in the field prior to publication.
What are peer-reviewed journals?
Before starting your research in OMNI, you have to develop a ....
research question
Searching exact phrases is easy when you use these.
What are quotation marks?
This list contains all the references you used in your work.
What is a bibliography?
Newspaper or scholarly article: An author typically uses less than 1,000 words and is published relatively quickly after the even occurs
What is a newspaper article?
A reference resource where anyone can change the information at any time.
What is the Wikipedia?
Brainstorming these before you begin searching can help expand and improve your results.
What are keywords AND/OR synonyms?
We use this Boolean operator to narrow our results by telling the database that ALL search terms must be present in the results.
What is AND?
Three strategies to avoid plagiarism in your academic writing
What is paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting sources?
This source type has many sections, such as abstract, methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, and references
What is a scholarly article?
A framework to evaluate information sources
What is ACT UP?
This is the step in the research process where you organize your sources and check that they are cited correctly.
What is creating a bibliography or works cited page?
These "tags" or "preferred terms" tell you what an article is about; clicking on them can improve the relevancy of your search results.
What are subjects? (Aka: subject headings, descriptors, topics)
This technique involves using the bibliography or references list of one source to track down additional sources.
What is backwards citation searching?
The section of a scholarly article that explains how a study was conducted.
What is methodology/research methods?
When evaluating sources, we estimate how recently the information was published.
What is currency?