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Minutes to Hours After
Days to Weeks After
Months to Years After
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Research Cycle
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Primary Sources
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Humanities vs. Sciences
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Researching
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So Where Do You Start Researching?
Step 1: Analyzing the Assignment (A)
Step 1: Analyzing the Assignment (B)
Step 1: Analyzing the Assignment (C)
Step 2: Identifying a Topic (A)
Step 2: Identifying a Topic (B)
Step 3: Writing a Thesis Statement (A)
Video: Writing an Effective Thesis Statement
Avoiding Poor Thesis Statements (A)
Avoiding Poor Thesis Statements (B)
Avoiding Poor Thesis Statements (C)
Forming Your Research Question
Turn Your Topic Into a Question
Test Yourself: Which is Better? (A)
Test Yourself: Which is Better? (B)
Step 4: Searching for Information
Review of the Researching Process
Test Yourself!
Searching
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There Are a Variety of Information Sources
When to Use the Internet
Video: That's Where the Library Comes In
Scholarly versus Mainstream Resources: What's the Difference?
What Resources Are Best for Your Subject?
Finding the Right Research Guide
What Is a Database?
Types of Searches
Keyword Searching
Narrowing a Keyword Search
Subject Search
Advantages of Subject Searching
Now Try It Out
Search in a Database
The Info Doctor Is In (A)
The Info Doctor Is In (B)
More On Searching
Test Yourself!
Locating
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How Do I Get a Copy of the Article
Find It Button
Video: Using Find It
Don't Overlook the Print Version
Locating Books - Ebooks
Locating Books -- Print
Call Numbers = Library Address
Video: Finding Your Book on the Shelf
Found It!
Review of the Locating Process
Test Yourself!
Evaluating
Finding information is not the end of research
How can you know if information is appropriate?
Video: Evaluating Sources
Questions: Apply the CRAAP Test (A)
Questions: Apply the CRAAP Test (B)
Questions: Apply the CRAAP Test (C)
Questions: Apply the CRAAP Test (D)
Questions: Apply the CRAAP Test (E)
The CRAAP Test Applied
Not All Criteria Are Alike
How Does the Information Fit?
Wrap Up
Test Yourself!
Utilizing
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Utilizing
Honesty
Dishonesty, Theft & Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Famous Faces of Plagiarism
Plagiarism: Why Should You Care? (A)
Plagiarism: Why Should You Care? (B)
Academic Dishonesty: You Can Read the Fine Print
The technology that makes plagiarizing so easy...
You Tell Us--Is It Plagiarism? (A)
You Tell Us--Is It Plagiarism? (B)
You Tell Us--Is It Plagiarism? (C)
You Can Avoid Plagiarism
What is Paraphrasing?
Why Paraphrase?
Paraphrasing Pitfalls
Good Paraphrasing
You Try It!
Citations
MLA Citations
APA Citations
Review of the Utilizing Process
Test Yourself!
Test for Class Credit
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