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Critical Thinking in Academic Research

Critical Thinking in Academic Research will introduce students to the techniques and principles of critical thinking. However, a commitment to lifelong learning is required for critical thinking, it takes more than a single course or reading a book. In order for students to develop their own arguments, they need to find supporting evidence. This text provides guidance on developing research questions and finding resources to answer the questions.

Research and Information LiteracyHumanities
Author
Cindy Gruwell and Robin Ewing
Publisher
University of West Florida
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 88 sections
  1. 01: What is Critical Thinking
  2. 1.01: What is Critical Thinking
  3. 1.02: Thinking Fast and Slow
  4. 1.03: How Confident Are You in Your Reasoning Skills
  5. 1.04: Thinking in an Informed Way
  6. 1.05: A Word About Values
  7. 1.06: What About Assumptions
  8. 02: Barriers to Critical Thinking
  9. 2.01: Barriers to Critical Thinking
  10. 2.02: Social Conditioning
  11. 2.03: Labeling
  12. 2.04: Stereotypes
  13. 2.05: Fallacies
  14. 03: Analyzing Arguments
  15. 3.01: Is It an Argument
  16. 3.02: Standard Argument Form
  17. 3.03: Kinds of Arguments
  18. 3.04: Explanations and Reported Arguments
  19. 04: Making an Argument
  20. 4.01: Making an Argument
  21. 4.02: Components of an Argument
  22. 4.03: Order of the Components
  23. 4.04: Where You Get the Components
  24. 4.05: Helping Others Follow
  25. 05: Research Questions
  26. 5.01: The Purpose of Research Questions
  27. 5.02: Background Reading
  28. 5.03: Narrowing a Topic
  29. 5.04: Regular vs. Research Questions
  30. 5.05: Influence of a Research Question
  31. 5.06: Developing Your Research Question
  32. 06: Sources and Information Needs
  33. 6.01: Sources and Information Needs
  34. 6.02: Sources to Meet Needs
  35. 6.03: Thinking About the Roles of Sources
  36. 6.04: Synthesis of Your Own Ideas
  37. 6.05: BEAM- A Solution that Might Shine
  38. 6.06: Using BEAM
  39. 6.07: Practice with BEAM
  40. 6.08: BEAM Reference Chart
  41. 6.09: Planning Your Sources
  42. 07: Types of Sources
  43. 7.01: Categorizing Sources
  44. 7.02: Quantitative or Qualitative Information
  45. 7.03: Fact or Opinion
  46. 7.04: Primary Secondary and Tertiary Sources
  47. 7.05: Popular Professional and Scholarly
  48. 7.06: Publication Formats and the Information Lifecycle
  49. 7.07: Scholarly Articles as Sources
  50. 7.08: News as a Source
  51. 7.09: Data as Sources
  52. 7.10: People as Sources
  53. 08: Precision Searching
  54. 8.01: Why Precision Searching
  55. 8.02: Main Concepts
  56. 8.03: Related and Alternative Terms
  57. 8.04: Search Statements
  58. 8.05: Library Catalog
  59. 8.06: WorldCat
  60. 8.07: Google Scholar
  61. 8.08: Library Databases
  62. 8.09: Web Search Engines
  63. 8.10: Tips for Common Search Tools
  64. 09: Evaluating Sources
  65. 9.01: Thinking Critically About Sources
  66. 9.02: SIFT
  67. 9.03: Stop
  68. 9.04: Investigate the Source
  69. 9.05: Find and Confirm
  70. 9.06: Track down the Original Content
  71. 9.07: Evaluating Data as Sources
  72. 10: Ethical Use and Citing Sources
  73. 10.01: Ethical Use and Citing Sources
  74. 10.02: Why Cite Sources
  75. 10.03: When to Quote Paraphrase or Summarize
  76. 10.04: Challenges in Citing Sources
  77. 10.05: Citation and Citation Styles
  78. 10.06: Steps for Citing
  79. 10.07: Citation Management
  80. 10.08: When to Cite
  81. 11: Copyright Basics
  82. 11.01: What Is Copyright
  83. 11.02: What Copyright Covers
  84. 11.03: Copyright Rights and Exceptions
  85. 11.04: Respecting Copyright
  86. 11.05: Creative Commons
  87. 11.06: Public Domain and Term of Copyright
  88. 11.07: What Is Fair Use