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"Information Creation as a Process"

Start Brainstorming for the perfect search terms for your topic by visiting the Library of Congress Subject  Headings
Next, try getting new ideas through Credo's Mind Map

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Investis Digital, Formerly Vertical Measures

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"Research as Inquiry"

AND, OR, and NOT are the three Boolean operators or connecting words for your search string. Additionally, quotes can be used to keep search terms together.

Here's an example:
Epilepsy AND "Seizure Disorders" OR Seizures NOT Febrile

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"Information has Value"

Reference Databases such as Credo, Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), and Oxford Reference are great for getting topic overviews, and if the encyclopedia entry is really good, you may use their references as a place to start with your research.

General Databases such as ProQuest Central and Academic OneFile are great for current events and lower level research.

Subject Specific Databases such as PsychArticles and Literature Resource Center are great for topic-specific research and upper level research.

With over 100 databases at our fingertips, you may want to visit the Database Guide.

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"Authority is constructed and contextual"

You want your source to be accurate, but how can you know?
Accuracy = Authorship or Authority + Objectivity or Bias + Scope + Timeliness + Judgement

You can find out if the author or publishing body is credible by looking them up and seeing what else they may have published. Don't rule out a source just because it is biased; although, it is preferable to have an objective source a biased source will make a different point, just make sure to show both sides of an issue. Scope, depending on your paper you may want the scope of your source to be narrow or broad, just make sure your source suits your research purposes. Timeliness or date of publication is very important in certain fields such as medicine, and less important in other fields such as literature.
If an abstract of your source is available, be sure to read it before making your selection, finally use your own best judgement about non-traditional sources such as TED Talks and blogs.

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What does it mean for a source to be credible? Why is it important to use these sources? How can you tell if a source is credible?

Credits

This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States license.

Published June 2015

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What does it mean for a source to be credible? Why is it important to use these sources? How can you tell if a source is credible? This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States license. Published June 2015

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"Searching as Strategic Exploration"

Conduct your Search as you normally would in any database.

Although each database may have a slightly different platform, they mostly have the same options. The primary limiters you use should be scholarly or peer-reviewed, date, and document or source type.

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This video carries the creative commons license: Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND ) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/) Ever wish you could cut out those sources that were published too early, or perhaps are not scholarly enough? Or maybe you are only looking for newspaper articles from a certain country!

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Select, Cite, and Integrate your Research, and share your paper or product

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Select, Cite, and Integrate your Research, and share your paper or product

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"Scholarship as Conversation"

Once you have selected your source, then what? This Index of Templates from They Say, I Say, the moves that matter in academic writing, will help you introduce and integrate your sources into your paper or product.

Always Cite your Sources. See Purdue OWL for the most current editions of MLA, APA, and Chicago Style.

Sources should be used to support your point or give an alternate viewpoint.

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