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Introduction to College-level Research

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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.

Research and Information LiteracyHumanities
Author
Iowa State University Library Instruction Services
Publisher
LibreTexts
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 56 sections
  1. 01: Getting started with research
  2. 1.01: Learning Objectives
  3. 1.02: Starting your research
  4. 1.03: Determining your scope
  5. 1.04: Popular and scholarly information
  6. 1.05: Formats
  7. 1.06: Primary and secondary sources
  8. 1.07: Developing a research question
  9. 1.08: Translating your topic into searchable keywords
  10. 1.09: Finding background information in Wikipedia
  11. 1.10: Keeping track of your sources
  12. 02: Locating information
  13. 2.01: Learning Objectives
  14. 2.02: Three categories of finding tools
  15. 2.03: Paywalls and access
  16. 2.04: Web search engines
  17. 2.05: Google Scholar
  18. 2.06: Library discovery tools
  19. 2.07: Exploring your Quick Search results
  20. 2.08: Using call numbers to find books
  21. 2.09: Article indexes and databases
  22. 2.10: Finding indexes
  23. 2.11: Subject-focused indexes
  24. 03: Search techniques
  25. 3.01: Learning Objectives
  26. 3.02: Basic search techniques
  27. 3.03: Boolean operators
  28. 3.04: Nesting
  29. 3.05: Using Advanced Search
  30. 3.06: Item records
  31. 3.07: Field searching
  32. 3.08: The subject field
  33. 3.09: Using citations to find an item
  34. 3.10: Getting access to materials
  35. 04: Evaluating information
  36. 4.01: Learning Objectives
  37. 4.02: Why evaluate information
  38. 4.03: Evaluating with SIFT
  39. 4.04: Stop
  40. 4.05: Investigate the source
  41. 4.06: Investigate the source- Bias
  42. 4.07: Find better coverage
  43. 4.08: Trace it back
  44. 4.09: More moves for evaluating scholarly sources
  45. 4.10: Putting SIFT into practice
  46. 05: Using information ethically
  47. 5.01: Learning Objectives
  48. 5.02: Citing your sources
  49. 5.03: How to cite
  50. 5.04: Style manuals
  51. 5.05: Plagiarism
  52. 5.06: Copyright
  53. 5.07: Copyright infringement versus plagiarism
  54. 5.08: Understanding fair use
  55. 5.09: Promoting yourself as a student researcher
  56. 5.10: Putting it all together