Nguồn ngoài
Introduction to College-level Research
You will learn how scholarly information is produced, organized, and accessed; how to construct and use effective search strategies in a variety of web tools and scholarly databases; how to choose finding tools appropriate to the type of information you need; critical thinking skills in the evaluation of resources; and best practices in the ethical use of information.
- Tác giả
- Iowa State University Library Instruction Services
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- LibreTexts
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- LibreTexts
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- CC BY-SA
- Ngôn ngữ
- EN
Mục lục· 56 mục
- 01: Getting started with research
- 1.01: Learning Objectives
- 1.02: Starting your research
- 1.03: Determining your scope
- 1.04: Popular and scholarly information
- 1.05: Formats
- 1.06: Primary and secondary sources
- 1.07: Developing a research question
- 1.08: Translating your topic into searchable keywords
- 1.09: Finding background information in Wikipedia
- 1.10: Keeping track of your sources
- 02: Locating information
- 2.01: Learning Objectives
- 2.02: Three categories of finding tools
- 2.03: Paywalls and access
- 2.04: Web search engines
- 2.05: Google Scholar
- 2.06: Library discovery tools
- 2.07: Exploring your Quick Search results
- 2.08: Using call numbers to find books
- 2.09: Article indexes and databases
- 2.10: Finding indexes
- 2.11: Subject-focused indexes
- 03: Search techniques
- 3.01: Learning Objectives
- 3.02: Basic search techniques
- 3.03: Boolean operators
- 3.04: Nesting
- 3.05: Using Advanced Search
- 3.06: Item records
- 3.07: Field searching
- 3.08: The subject field
- 3.09: Using citations to find an item
- 3.10: Getting access to materials
- 04: Evaluating information
- 4.01: Learning Objectives
- 4.02: Why evaluate information
- 4.03: Evaluating with SIFT
- 4.04: Stop
- 4.05: Investigate the source
- 4.06: Investigate the source- Bias
- 4.07: Find better coverage
- 4.08: Trace it back
- 4.09: More moves for evaluating scholarly sources
- 4.10: Putting SIFT into practice
- 05: Using information ethically
- 5.01: Learning Objectives
- 5.02: Citing your sources
- 5.03: How to cite
- 5.04: Style manuals
- 5.05: Plagiarism
- 5.06: Copyright
- 5.07: Copyright infringement versus plagiarism
- 5.08: Understanding fair use
- 5.09: Promoting yourself as a student researcher
- 5.10: Putting it all together