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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