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BASICS
BOOKS
ARTICLES
THE INTERNET
RESEARCH
100
Ask this person for help with your research.
What is a librarian.
100
You need this to check out a book.
What is a student ID card.
100
Current issues of print magazines and newspapers are found here.
What is found in the Periodical Reading Room, 1st floor.
100
Google, Bing, and Yahoo are examples of this.
What are search engines.
100
Ask for research help from this person.
What is a librarian.
200
You will find the librarians on this floor of the library.
What is the 2nd floor.
200
Some teachers put your textbook here for their students to use in the library.
What is the Reserve Collection, 1st floor.
200
This is a short summary of an article.
What is an abstract.
200
In assessing the quality of a web site, you should apply this test.
What is the CRAAP test.
200
Magazines, journals. and newspapers are examples of these.
What are periodicals.
300
You use this to pay for printing from the Internet.
What is my student ID card.
300
These books often come as multi-volume sets and can not be check out of the library.
What are Reference books.
300
The authors of these articles are often scholars or researchers.
What are peer-reviewed articles or scholarly journals.
300
One clue as to a website's purpose can be found here.
What is the domain extension.
300
This is a good place to start for background information, definitions, statistics, etc.
What are Reference books?
400
You use this to access the library's eResources from off campus.
What is my MEID.
400
You use this to find the call number and location of a book.
What is the library catalog.
400
Two commonly used ones are MLA and APA.
What are citation styles.
400
To find statistics on the web, this is often a good place to start.
What are .gov (or government) sites.
400
This is a list of sources consulted for a research project, found at the end of a paper or report.
What is a Works Cited or References list.
500
Use this to get help online 24/7.
What is Ask-a-Librarian.
500
This is an example of one: QA 75.5 .L73
What is a call number.
500
You use this to locate articles on a certain subject or in a certain journal.
What is a database.
500
These sites offer personal opinions.
What are blogs.
500
You should always credit the sources of your information in order to avoid this.
What is plagiarism.