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| Who or what body is responsible for the information that you are viewing |
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Does the information meet your needs
Does it undergird your thesis
Can you meet your objectives with the given information |
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Where does the information stand
Is the information coming from biased sources or is it coming from a source all sides can respect
Is the information being validated by respected authorities |
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Does the information still carry weight
When was it published
Is it valid
When was it last updated |
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What is the site about
What makes the information stand out
Is it related to other subjects |
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| In reading for research a person does not have to read all of the information presented. However, they must be able to understand and present the __________ that the information is couched in. |
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Who is the department head of government documents?
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| Where can government documents be found in the library? |
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Provide a way to organize knowledge for subsequent retrieval
Subject headings or descriptors that identify what a work is about
Mandate the use of predefined, authorized terms that have been preselected |
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| A form of intellectual property that gives the author of the original work exclusive rights for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution, and adaptation |
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| Creations of the mind, both artistic and commercial, and the corresponding fields of law |
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| The use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work |
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Which of the following are characteristics of scholarly journals
-The author's credentials are not usually provided
-Articles are peer-reviewed
-Contain man advertisements
-Articles usually follow a prescribed format: abstract, introduction, methods, results, bibliography |
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-Articles usually follow a prescribed format: abstract, introduction, methods, results, bibliography
-Articles are peer-reviewed |
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| Search through multiple search engines at a time |
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Presents information from diverse sources in a unified way
Offer search engine capabilites and e-mail, stocks, and news |
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| Produces a large international database of journal and non-journal education literature |
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Read the preface or introduction
Read the table of contents
Look at the index
Read sparsely through the book |
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| Steps for getting through a book quickly |
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| When reading for research how shoul you attack the material, as a glutton or connoisseur? |
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| What is the invisible internet? |
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Portions of the internet that cannot be easily accessed
Password protected sites
Library catalogs |
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| What is gatekeeping and why is it significant? |
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| It is the process of reviewing information before it is published. Gatekeepers decide if information is important and if it will sell. |
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| What is the name of the manual for the Government United States? |
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| The United States Government Manual |
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| Give meaning and organization to data |
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| Interrelated information that is processed and applied for broad purposes |
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| Knowledge used for the benefit of humanity |
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