Scenario: You and your roommate both need to find scholarly materials for a paper
on the topic of how to prevent bullying in schools through educational programming.
You've been told to use a scholarly article index.
Your roommate uses the following search terms: how to prevent bullying in schools
through educational programming but gets poor results, including some items that
don't look relevant.
According to Chapter 1, what would be the best next step to ensure that you both get
more relevant results?
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Simplify your search terms to search only key concepts
Scenario: You're discussing with a classmate a course assignment to write a research
paper. Your classmate tells you her plan to re-use a paper she wrote for a different
,class last year. According to Chapter 5, which TWO of the following options should
your classmate know?
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In some contexts this may be considered self-plagiarism
This is okay only if the instructor is aware and has given consent
Now, MATCH the three major finding tools to their WEAKNESSES, as described in
Chapter 1:
misses most subscription- based scholarly resources
hard to focus your search
may not include full-text
not a finding tool, as defined in Chapter 1
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Web Search Engines
Library Discovery Tools
Indexes
Books and Journals
You have examined a website in order to evaluate it and have found that the site
includes many links that no longer work. According to Chapter 2, this suggests that
the website ...
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may lack currency.
You're writing a paper on language abilities of primates. You've gotten information for
your paper from a book, an article, a website, and even a graphic from a website.
Which of the following do you need to cite?
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The book, article, website, and graphic all need to be cited.
As an information finding tool, Quick Search is the best tool for finding:
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books and more that the ISU Library owns
Match the items below to the correct description, as described in Chapter 4:
Typically includes all issues from one year.
Published on an ongoing basis at regular intervals.
A paper describing a research or scholarly topic.
A set of articles published together at the same time.
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, Volume
Journal
Article
Issue
Now, click on the relevant subject heading that you identified in the previous question
and analyze your search results. Which of the following best describes your new
results:
Give this one a try later!
You focused your results to be on this exact subject
Chapter 4 describes different ways to find journal articles. Indicate below which tool
you would best use to find the information listed. Which tool would you use to find ...
Articles in a wide range of subject areas.
A comprehensive set of articles on your in-depth research topic.
Search features that are customized to your specific subject area.
General search features and quick access to full-text.
Give this one a try later!
Quick Search
Article Index
on the topic of how to prevent bullying in schools through educational programming.
You've been told to use a scholarly article index.
Your roommate uses the following search terms: how to prevent bullying in schools
through educational programming but gets poor results, including some items that
don't look relevant.
According to Chapter 1, what would be the best next step to ensure that you both get
more relevant results?
Give this one a try later!
Simplify your search terms to search only key concepts
Scenario: You're discussing with a classmate a course assignment to write a research
paper. Your classmate tells you her plan to re-use a paper she wrote for a different
,class last year. According to Chapter 5, which TWO of the following options should
your classmate know?
Give this one a try later!
In some contexts this may be considered self-plagiarism
This is okay only if the instructor is aware and has given consent
Now, MATCH the three major finding tools to their WEAKNESSES, as described in
Chapter 1:
misses most subscription- based scholarly resources
hard to focus your search
may not include full-text
not a finding tool, as defined in Chapter 1
Give this one a try later!
Web Search Engines
Library Discovery Tools
Indexes
Books and Journals
You have examined a website in order to evaluate it and have found that the site
includes many links that no longer work. According to Chapter 2, this suggests that
the website ...
,Give this one a try later!
may lack currency.
You're writing a paper on language abilities of primates. You've gotten information for
your paper from a book, an article, a website, and even a graphic from a website.
Which of the following do you need to cite?
Give this one a try later!
The book, article, website, and graphic all need to be cited.
As an information finding tool, Quick Search is the best tool for finding:
Give this one a try later!
books and more that the ISU Library owns
Match the items below to the correct description, as described in Chapter 4:
Typically includes all issues from one year.
Published on an ongoing basis at regular intervals.
A paper describing a research or scholarly topic.
A set of articles published together at the same time.
Give this one a try later!
, Volume
Journal
Article
Issue
Now, click on the relevant subject heading that you identified in the previous question
and analyze your search results. Which of the following best describes your new
results:
Give this one a try later!
You focused your results to be on this exact subject
Chapter 4 describes different ways to find journal articles. Indicate below which tool
you would best use to find the information listed. Which tool would you use to find ...
Articles in a wide range of subject areas.
A comprehensive set of articles on your in-depth research topic.
Search features that are customized to your specific subject area.
General search features and quick access to full-text.
Give this one a try later!
Quick Search
Article Index
