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Convey the meaning of the author in your own words

A paraphrase must

Includes magazines, journals and annual reports published at regular intervals

A periodical

The publisher anonymously sends the article manuscript to experts in the discipline for review

A refereed journal article has gone through a process whereby

is composed of sentences

A sentence outline

Author, title, date, place of publication, publisher

A standard bibliographic citation for a book would include

A list of sources that you have discovered during the literature search that you determine may be of value to your in writing your research paper

A working bibliography is defined as

Only those sources used in the writing of the paper

According to APA, a final bibliography includes

5 Component to evaluating web sources

Accuracy, Currency, Objectivity, Coverage, Authority

What is a thesis statement?

Advances a conclusion the writer will defend

Perform a subject and/or keyword search on CLUES to ensure retrieving books that may be scattered throughout the library

In order to locate books in Concordia Library system on a specific topic, one would:

Form Subdivision

Indicates the form in which an item on a subject is organized

Subject Reference Source

Material is devoted to a specific subject

Periodicals

Material that is published at regular intervals and more up to date

5 components to evaluating printed materials

Purpose, Authority, Scope, Format, Audience

Provides an indication of the credibility of the information that has been posted to the website

Scanning the domain name of a website is useful as it

Meta-search engine

Search multiple engines' database in on query

Subject Searches

Searches directly in the subject heading, very precise, and must be valid

Information Literacy According to American Library Association

Set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and locate, evaluate and use it effectively

Knowledge Cycle

The stage of the original research on its journey from an idea being researched and being recorded in lab notebooks and research diaries

Background reading

The technical term for prior reading in reference books (for additional information on the topic you have chosen) is referred to as

focus the paper and provide control over what is written

The thesis statement is useful to

Author's last name, date of publication, page numbers

The three basic elements of the in-text citation, according to APA are

A search engine has its own database, while a meta search does not maintain its own database but instead scans the search engines' databases

There are both meta-search engines and search engines, which serve as two different types of web retrieval tools.What is the difference?`

Time cycle

Time it takes for the information to be published

By subject

To find all the documents about Canadian author Margaret Atwood in the library's online public access catalogue, I would do a search:

True

True or false: the code on the book in the library represents the subject matter

False

True or false: the codes on the book refer to the date the library received that particular book

Informal Outline

Used for own needs and performed before and during search and can be modified

Use features such as Boolean logic and limiting commands easily

Using the Advanced Search option offered in search engines is useful as it allows one to

Spider, Index, Search software

What are the 3 components of a search engine

Authority, Accuracy, Currency, Coverage, and Objectivity

What are the 5 criteria for evaluating web sources

Directories, search engines, and meta-search engines

What are the three main types of web search tools

Date of publication

What is the last component of the call number that sets all call numbers apart

Provide the exact location of all facts, ideas, statistics, comments, opinions or quotations that are not your own

What is the purpose of a works cited, bibliography or references

Locating false because keywords may be located in a variety of fields including the contents, series, technical details and notes fields

When performing a keyword search on CLUES, one runs the risk of

A thesaurus for the database

When searching a subject or multi-disciplinary database for documents on my subject, it is recommended to use the terminology specific to the database. To identify the necessary specific terminology I would consult:

Browse subject categories moving from the general to the specific

When searching in a directory, the following are recommended strategies to use

40 words or more

When should you use block quotation

LB11 M28

Which number comes before the other: LB101 G31 or LB11 M28

ProQuest, EBSCO, ISI

Which of the following are examples of database suppliers?

Teenager OR Health Or Pregnancy

Which of the following best represents the statement that would yield more retrievals for information on the health aspects of teenage pregnancy

Teenager AND Health AND Pregnancy

Which statement would yield the most relevant material regarding information on the health aspects of teenage pregnancy

It provides some bibliographic control over content that may be changing frequently

Why is it important to include the date that one accessed a website in a bibliographic citation?

Secondary Sources

Works about someone, about their accomplishments or findings

Secondary Sources

Works about someone, about their accomplishments or findings. Examples include an analysis of a study or reviews are known as

What are the seven pillars of Model for Information Literacy

1. Recognize information needed 2. Distinguish ways of addressing gap 3. Strategy for locating 4. Locate and Access 5. Compare and evaluate 6. Organize, apply and communicate 7. Synthesis and create

What are the 7 steps to the research process?

1. Select a topic 2. Develop preliminary thesis statement and outline 3. Conduct literature search 4. Create working bibliography 5. Evaluate sources 6. Write final thesis statement and outline 7. Prepare paper and bibliography

What are the four publication cycles?

1. Time cycle 2. Knowledge cycle 3. Publication cycle 4. Access cycle

What is not suitable for a research paper? (5)

1. Too autobiographical 2. Too sujective 3. Too current 4. Too respective 5. Too specialized

A book, journal article, subject encyclopedia article

A bibliography is a list of useful items (e.g. articles and books) about a particular subject. You can find a bibliography in:

Internet Guide

A friend told me that I should read a journal article published in the May 2010 issue of Internet Guide, "searching the invisible web" by mark jacobs. To check the availability of this article at the library, I search in the online public access catalogue under

An online catalogue which provides access to a library's collection

An OPAC is

Information Literacy According to the Conference Board of Canada

An essential lifelong learning skill that you need to progress in the world of work, on your own or in a team

Too autobiographical, subjective, restrictive, specialized, or current

An unsuitable research topic is one that is

Can be used to characterize an item

Annotations

List of sources

Bibliography is a

General Reference Source

Broad in scope and not limited to only one subject (Encyclopedia)

Keyword Searches

Can use boolean operators, searches anywhere in the record, use of synonymes and use quotation mark around two words or more

Identify what you know about a topic

Clustering is a technique used to

HANDBOOKS AND MANUALS

Common information in concise form and provide a quick reference

Fundamental skills

Communicate, manage information, use numbers, think and solve

Directories search tool

Compiled by humans and resources classifies by subject

Helps one identify subject headings used in many OPACs such as CLUES, directs one from terms that are not used as headings to ones that are, and helps one identify other related headings.

Consulting the LCSH list is useful when doing research as it:

Formal Outline

Done before writing the paper and used for organizing the paper [Topic or sentence outline]

ALMANACS

Facts, dates, statistics related to people, events, countries, and subjects

Purpose, authority, scope, format, audience

Five commonly used criteria for evaluating printed sources, such as books, include

authority, accuracy, currency, coverage, objectivity

Five commonly used criteria for evaluating web sources include

Search engine

Fully-automated, keyword approach, components: spider, index, search software (google)

3 categories of skills

Fundamental, personal management, teamwork

Manage information

Gathering, organizing and analyzing information

GAZETTERS

Geographical information

Four

How many components make up the library call numbers on books

American Library Association

Information literacy as the ability to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information is a definition of the

AND

Keywords that are entered in the "All of these words" in google will use what Boolean operators

OR

Keywords that are entered in the "any of these words" in google will use what Boolean operators

Is common to many records within the databases (e.g., language, date, pub. type)

Limiting fields in databases such as CLUES or ERIC contain information that

Geographical Subdivision

Limits a heading to a geographical location

Chronological Subdivision

Limits headings to a particular time period

Topical Subdivision

Limits the concept expressed by the main heading to a special subtopic

DIRECTORIES

Name and addresses of people, organizations or institutions

Summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting

Note-taking generally takes three formats:

Primary Sources

Original words of the author are referred to as

Primary Source

Original words of the authour

Manuscripts, case studies, computer data, paintings

Primary sources include

Journals

Professional or scholarly publication

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONNARIES

Sketches about the lives of individuals

Preliminary thesis statement

Statement that summarizes the tentative response to the research question

Provide access to an array of scholarly material (books, articles, conference papers within a field)

Subject databases are necessary to consult when conducting the literature search as they

YEARBOOKS

Summaries of events of a particular year

Steps to note taking (3)

Summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting

Locating, gathering, organizing, accessing, analyzing, and applying information

The "Manage Information" skill includes the specific skills of

A letter and number combination used to describe the author

The "cutter number" on a call number represents which aspect of the book

The method used to find the published information

The Access Cycle of the Publication Cycle indications

Fundamental Skill

The Conference Board of Canada categorizes the "Manage information" skill as a

Both topical and geographic

The Library of Congress Subject Heading Special Education--Computer Assisted Instruction--Canada includes what type of subdivision

Seven

The SCONAL Pillar for information literacy, includes how many pillars?

Publication Cycle

The format in which the information appears ti be moving [from informal format (research diaries) to more formal format (scholarly article)]

Set the argument, focus the paper, provide unity and direction, state purpose for reader

The functions of the thesis statement are to

Access Cycle

The methods used to access the published information

Preliminary outline

The outline that helps you begin to structure your paper by using major and minor topics is referred to as the