Choose one of the videos below to learn about the difference between scholarly and popular periodicals, as well as the peer review process.
Identify Your Sources (10 minutes)
Created by librarians at Millard Sheets Library at the Otis College of Art & Design.
Magazines vs. Journals (6 minutes)
For an explanation of the peer review process, skip to 2:58 in the video. Created by librarians at Lynn Library at Lynn University.
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You have five minutes to post one tip for other writing 121 students about doing library research. Explain your tip as if you were talking to another student and you would like them to be able to use this idea right away. For example, don’t just write “subject searching is helpful” but explain why it can help you find relevant articles.
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You have five minutes to post one tip for other writing 121 students about doing library research. Explain your tip as if you were talking to another student and you would like them to be able to use this idea right away. For example, don’t just write “subject searching is helpful” but explain why it can help you find relevant articles.
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Read through these scenarios and decide which ones you think are plagiarism.
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Take a quiz to test what you know about plagiarism.
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You have five minutes to post one tip for other writing 121 students about doing library research. Explain your tip as if you were talking to another student and you would like them to be able to use this idea right away. For example, don’t just write “I liked the asterisks” but explain how using the astericks can help you find relevant articles.
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Use this Synonym Generator to help you learn how to brainstorm broader and narrower words related to the ideas in your research question.
Generating keywords before your search is a strategy to help you find more relevant articles in the databases.
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Click on the Comments link below to post one tip for other Writing 121 students about doing library research.
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Boolean Operators – AND vs. OR
Which search will find more articles?
a. cheating AND college students
b. cheating OR college students
Test your hypothesis in Yahoo Battle!
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