Exam 4: Finding and Using Reference Material

Where appropriate, students should use '_____' to mean 'and others' after the name of the first author.

Most of the rules of citation can be summarised by one principle; what is it?

A citation must be complete enough to enable the author to find the reference in the reference list.

A journal containing articles that have been read before publication and approved for publication by experts in the fields of the articles is known as a __________.

"Spear, Chow, Masland, and Murphy (2000) have examined…" is an example of a ______ citation.

To evaluate a source of information, you should consider relevance, currency, and credibility.

There is only one correct and effective method to record and organise notes.

An acknowledgement of an author in the text of an assignment is called a citation.

A citation must be complete enough to enable the reader to find the reference in which section?

The two types of citations are:

A quotation where all lines are indented by about eight characters from the left and the right margin is a/an _____________ quotation:

Generally, the most scholarly sources of information are:

To locate enough relevant references for an essay or report, what are the five steps recommended?

Books provide a thorough coverage of a topic, but seldom contain the latest research findings.

The fifth basic part of a reference for an electronic source is:

A 'BDM' is:

There are two types of citations: Parenthetical citations,e.g., '(Smith, 1976)', and name citations,e.g., 'Smith (1976).