Exam 4: Maximizing Your Research: Effective Strategies and Resources

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Information literacy is the ability to identify what information is needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically, and share that information.

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The advantage of using periodicals over books is that they maybe be more up to date, and more manageable in size.

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As you search for resources to use, you should keep in mind the value and appropriateness a source adds to your searchFinding Resources Topic to Research

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Using what you learned about the Dewey Decimal System, put the following call numbers in the order they would appear on the shelves. 311.0942 311.07 311.116 311.2 311.08 311.126 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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write the letter of the description that best fits the step.
Step 4 (Use a search engine)
Give proper credit for information used
Step 2 (Use the library catalog)
Use encyclopedias, dictionaries, or text books
Step 5 (Evaluate your sources)
Find articles in scholarly journals, news or general interest periodicals, and popular periodicals
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Step 4 (Use a search engine)
Give proper credit for information used
Step 2 (Use the library catalog)
Use encyclopedias, dictionaries, or text books
Step 5 (Evaluate your sources)
Find articles in scholarly journals, news or general interest periodicals, and popular periodicals
Step 1 (Identify and find background information on your topic)
Find books
Step 6 (Cite your sources)
Check the reliability and appropriateness of your sources
Step 3 (Use indexes and databases)
Find internet resources
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Carefully read both lists below. Choose the item which best describes each item.
Current Periodicals
Older periodicals which are put together in book form
Search Engines
Section of library where instructors put books or articles for students to read for class assignments
Reserves
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information
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Current Periodicals
Older periodicals which are put together in book form
Search Engines
Section of library where instructors put books or articles for students to read for class assignments
Reserves
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information
Microtext Area
Used to determine where to find information about famous people
Dewey Decimal System
Type your pipeline username and email password
Call Number
This section of the library holds original material such a government document, a book, a journal article, a newspaper, a photograph or something else. That item is photographed onto film, either in a roll or a flat card.
Scholarly(Academic) journals
Google, Bing, Yahoo
Abstract
Used to find periodical articles before 1980
Lexis Nexis
Periodical with articles written by an expert in the field.
Bound Periodicals
Indicates location of a book in the library
To access Lexis Nexis and other restricted databases off campus.
Uses numbers and letters to group materials about the same subject and related subjects to make items easier to find on the shelves.
Readers Guide
Recent magazines, loose on shelves
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A search engine simply tries to locate sites that contain your search word, and these sites may or may not be relevant.

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In order to be considered a database, information about a specific subject must be compiled electronically. _ _

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