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Truncation

Also called "stemming." It broadens your search to include various word endings and spellings. ex: Educat* = will search for educate, education, educated, educator, educators, educating, etc.

Yes

Does the PDF Full Text of an article look exactly like the article appears in the print journal ?

By looking for slashes & colons

How can you easily distinguish a Library of Congress Call Number from a SuDoc Call Number ?

Controlled Vocabulary

Is a list of standardized terms used in a database to describe and organize the contents by subject. Use: makes retrieval of information efficient because it enables you to search for a concept, not just the words entered.

Nesting

Is a search technique that allows you to group your search terms and to dictate the order in which the Boolean operators will be carried out. Ex: ( )

Phrase Searching

Is a technique that allows you to search for two or more words as an exact phrase. Ex: "charter schools" "double helix"

What is a periodical ?

Is any item published at regular intervals, be it daily, weekly, monthly, Ex: magazine, a newspaper, and a scholarly journal

What is plagiarism?

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own without giving credit to the original author

Boolean Operators

Used to connect search terms in ways that allow you to narrow or broaden a search. Ex: Suicide AND (Veterans OR Soldiers)

Historical and legal documents, eyewitness accounts (e.g. diaries, newspaper articles), art (e.g. creative writing, photographs), audio and video recordings, and speeches. Include newspaper or magazine articles, book or movie reviews, and scholarly journal articles or books that interpret or evaluate research

What are some examples of primary and secondary sources ?

Written by a staff writer or journalist for a general audience. Includes secondary discussion of others' work. Also has lots of photos and ads. Rarely cites references In-depth primary account of researcher's findings. Credentials are listed. Written for scholars, researchers & students. Includes graphs, charts, tables, but few photos. Peer-reviewed by experts in field. Requires references and must be verifiable

What are the differences between popular and scholarly sources ?

AND OR NOT

What are the three common Boolean Operators ?

Always begins with letters & if it has a year, the year is included in the end. no slash or colon

What does a Library of Congress Call Number look like ?

An article title is the title of an article while the periodical title is the name of the source .

What is the difference between a periodical title and article title ?

A record is a collection of related items of info treated as one unit while a field is a single piece of info within a record

What is the difference between a record and a field ?

Works that offer ORIGINAL intellectual content. Generally serve as foundation material for a particular subject; they are the original sources on which others base their analyses. BUILD off of primary sources in some way. They may describe, discuss, interpret, comment upon, analyze, evaluate, summarize, and/or process primary sources.

What's the difference between primary and secondary source ?