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Academic Research Skills - LIB101 BBCC

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Academic Research Skills - LIB101 BBCC

This is a fun, info-packed course that explores searching techniques, research tools, and hones information evaluation skills. The title of this course is Academic Research Skills, but I hope that what you'll gain is Information Literacy.

Social Sciences
Author
Carleigh Hill
Publisher
Big Bend Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 82 sections
  1. 01: Introduction to LIB101
  2. 1.01: Welcome to LIB101
  3. 1.02: The Syllabus
  4. 1.03: How to be an Online Student
  5. 1.04: Bonaudi Library at Big Bend Community College
  6. 1.05: Why is Information Literacy important
  7. 02: Getting started
  8. 2.01: The Research Process
  9. 2.02: How to Develop a Good Research Topic
  10. 2.03: Keywords
  11. 2.04: Translating a topic into keywords
  12. 03: Types of Information Sources
  13. 3.01: Information Sources - Primary Secondary Tertiary
  14. 3.02: Information Formats
  15. 3.03: Popular and scholarly sources
  16. 3.04: Reading Academic Articles for Research
  17. 3.05: Information Bias
  18. 04: Searching the Library Catalog
  19. 4.01: Using OneSearch - The Librarys Search Tool
  20. 4.02: Practice searching in the Library Catalog
  21. 4.03: Refining your search results
  22. 4.04: Advanced Search Options in OneSearch
  23. 4.05: Keyword adjustment
  24. 4.06: Combining keywords
  25. 4.07: Iterating for more Keywords
  26. 4.08: Troubleshooting your search
  27. 4.09: Saving a Library Resource
  28. 4.10: Finding Your Books
  29. 4.11: How Libraries Organize Materials
  30. 4.12: Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
  31. 4.13: Library of Congress Classification (LCC)
  32. 05: Searching Library Databases
  33. 5.01: Databases 101
  34. 5.02: Choosing a database
  35. 5.03: Searching for popular sources
  36. 5.04: Searching for scholarly sources
  37. 5.05: You Found Some Resources Now What
  38. 5.06: Permalinks in databases
  39. 5.07: Troubleshooting your search
  40. 06: The Age of Algorithms
  41. 6.01: What are Algorithms
  42. 6.02: The Influence of Algorithms
  43. 6.03: Algorithmic Bias
  44. 6.04: The Attention Economy
  45. 6.05: Algorithms and Polarization
  46. 6.06: Filter Bubbles
  47. 6.07: Conclusion
  48. 07: Searching the Web
  49. 7.01: Types of (free) web resources
  50. 7.02: Google Scholar
  51. 7.03: Web Search Engines
  52. 7.04: Tips for Common Search Tools
  53. 7.05: Open Access
  54. 7.06: Chapter Scenario
  55. 7.07: Controlling Your Search
  56. 7.08: Searching and Privacy
  57. 08: Ethical and Legal Use of Information
  58. 8.01: Copyright
  59. 8.02: Fair Use
  60. 8.03: Plagiarism
  61. 8.04: How to Avoid Plagiarism in the Research Process
  62. 8.05: Plagiarism and the Internet
  63. 8.06: Introduction to Citing Your Sources
  64. 8.07: Citing and Citations
  65. 8.08: Citations IRL (in real life)
  66. 09: Citing Sources
  67. 9.01: Citation and Citation Styles
  68. 9.02: Steps for Citing
  69. 9.03: When to Cite
  70. 9.04: APA Style
  71. 9.05: MLA Style
  72. 9.06: Citation Generators
  73. 9.07: Writing an Annotated Bibliography
  74. 10: Practical Evaluation of Information
  75. 10.01: Evaluate - CRAP
  76. 10.02: Expertise and authorship
  77. 10.03: But is it Relevant
  78. 10.04: Misinformation Disinformation and Fake News- How to Spot Them
  79. 10.05: Fact Check - SIFT
  80. 10.06: Explore the source
  81. 10.07: Putting it all together
  82. 10.08: Last thoughts on evaluation