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| A _____ makes a statement to be proven in your research |
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| How do the Boolean operators AND and OR function? |
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| (can watch the PB&J video) |
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| How do you establish the credibility of an author |
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| check the About Us page, search in academic database (ie science, …) |
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| What do Library defined headings do |
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| They groups all the info on that subject in one subject heading |
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Around the library
You found the library book you want on the shelf, where do you go to check it out? |
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Around the library
What library tool allows you to find material of all types and formats around the library |
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Around the library
Name three of the most common access pts (indexes) that you can search by in the library catalog |
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Around the library
Prof left a short reading for students somewhere in the library- where can you find it |
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Circulation desk.
Reserve desk (4th floor) Doyle, and circulation at Mahoney |
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Around the library
I make it poss for libraries to group books of the same subject together and keep books in order on the shelf |
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Research and the library catalog
When beginning a research project what’s the first thing to study |
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| the assignment (which sources should you use, how many, what citations style, do you need a thesis) |
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Research and the library catalog
This sentence sets forth and argument that you are setting out to prove in your paper |
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Research and the library catalog
These print or electronic materials are the best place to find background info on your topic- what are they |
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| Reference books in print and online e-books |
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Research and the library catalog
Public lib use the Dewey Decimal system. What is the classification system used by academic libraries |
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| LC classification (Library of Congress) |
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Research and the library catalog
What a bibliographic record |
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| the complete info about a piece of info (book, DVD), contained in the database. Can contain author (composer), title, publisher, subjects, physical description, etc |
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Online databases
What is a specialized online database |
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| the focused topic/subject, sometimes the types of documents in retrieves. |
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Online databases
Name 2 of the general online databases which cover a wide variety of academic disciplines |
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| expanded academic, academic search premier |
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Online databases
Two of the in-depth databases at srjc for health and medical issues
(open book type question) |
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| (open book type question) proquest psychology, access science, medline, proquest health |
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Online databases
Limiting strat can use in most databases to find immediately available in the most authoritative |
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Online databases
How does ‘library-defined’ subject differ from a keyword |
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| L.D.S.- words assigned to all material on that sub in the catalog or database and give a focused search of the subject index. |
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Searching the web
What are the first 3 places you look on a website to find author information |
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end of the page
about us link
contact link |
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Searching the web
Technical name for a website’s address |
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Searching the web
What do the domains .com,.info .org and .net have in common |
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| They’re unrestricted (unlike .gov, .edu, .k12) |
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Searching the web
What are web directories and where on the srjc library website can you find them |
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list of high qual websites recc by librarians.
Found on Internet Resources page or under Web Search “recommended websites” (would only be an open book question) |
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Searching the web
What does a tilde (~) within a web address signify |
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Evaluation
What are the clues that a source is not only subjective, but biased |
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| biased sources have highly emotional language, demean or ignore data and argument on the other side |
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Evaluation
What are the question to ask when determining the relevance of a source to your topic |
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| Who the intended audience is, does the info really directly about your topic, info written at an appropriate level, is it really the best resource available |
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Evaluation
What types of sources require the most careful evaluation due to the lack of careful ______ |
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Evaluation
What do you look at to determine the purpose of a source |
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| If they’re to persuade, inform, sell you something; do the authors make their intention or purpose clear; is the information fact, opinion, or propaganda; POV appear objective and impartial; political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, personal bias? |
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Evaluation
What do the C.R.A.A.P. stand for |
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| Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose |
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Plagiarism & copyright
Aside from penalties, reasons not to plagiarism: moral issues, integrity |
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Plagiarism & copyright
When a work is expired we say it is in the _____ ________ |
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Plagiarism & copyright
Is it poss to plagiarize work of lit no longer under copyright |
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Plagiarmsim & copyright
Do you have to cite someone you quoted who expressed something that’s common knowledge |
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Citation Excitement
What is the correct order of citations in a works cited list |
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| alphabetical by author’s last name/title. |
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Citation Excitement
Which cit style reqs using a DOI if avail, why |
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| APA so reader can more reliably find the source |
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Citation excitement
Which style of cit emph the date less MLA or APA |
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Citation excitement
List cit elements in a compl MLA web page citation (for page within a larger site) |
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| Author, title of webpage, publisher, date last updated, website name, date of access. |
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