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What is the difference between Fixed and Growth Mindset?
Fixed: Wants to look smart and avoid challenges.
Growth: Wants to learn and embraces challenges. |
Fill in the blank: ____________ are the authors of scholarly articles. ____________ are most often the authors of popular articles.
Scholars; Journalists
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What are two different ways we experience the news?
Electronically, Print, Mobile etc.
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What is scholarly conversation?
An ongoing conversation between experts in their fields.These experts are constantly creating new knowledge.
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What is the three steps are involved with topic formation?
Identifying the problem
Creating Research Questions Answer those questions (resulting in a thesis/discussion section) |
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What is information literacy?
"Information literacy is a set of abilities requiring individuals to 'recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information
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Fill in the blank: A __________ is one kind of "article" that might appear in a scholarly journal, but you would not directly use in a research paper.
Book Review
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What is the natural tendency to seek out or favor information that confirms what you already believe to be true while at the same time ignoring evidence that contradicts your beliefs.
Confirmation Bias
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What is a boolean search/ what are search operators?
A search using AND, OR, NOT
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What is the difference between a proposal and an abstract?
A proposal is an incomplete version that is proposing a possible paper.
An abstract is a summary of an entire paper. It is based off of completed research. |
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What is a book on "reserve" and where can you find them?
A “reserve” textbook is usually an instructor’s copy of a textbook they’ve brought to the
library for students to use for 2 hours at a time. They can be checked out at the circulation desk. |
What is peer review?
The process in which other expert's in an author's field read his/her paper and determine whether it is legitimate and appropriate research.
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What is a function/tool that allow you to evaluate the credibility of an image.
Google's Reverse Image Search
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What does the 5WH stand for? (Think about brainstorming)
Who, What, When, Where, Why
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What three elements can an annotation have?
Summary, Evaluation, Reflection.
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Complete this sentence: EBSCOhost is a ____________________, and
PsychINFO is a ______________________
Is a platform that houses databases and journals.
Is a specific database. |
What is primary research?
An article that presents new and original research
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What act provides public access to most federal agency records?
Freedom of Information Act
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Name four ways to limit a search
Peer Review, Dates, Full text, Language, etc.
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What are two different ways a literature review can be organized?
Chronological, Methodical, Thematic
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What is the acronym and full name for the professional association for your field?
ASA = American Sociological Association
APA = American Psychological Association |
What are 4 of the 6 ways to evaluate a source's credibility?
Origin, Author, Purpose, Perspective, Academic, Relevance.
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What is one of the government websites we used this semester?
data.gov; usa.gov/statisitics; US Government Manual; etc.
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Why would you truncation when searching?
In order to search the root term.
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When is all work, late or otherwise, due for this class?
March 22nd @ 11:59pm!
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