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Research and Information for Different Disciplines
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Research and Information for Different Disciplines
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Introduction
Getting Started
Read Your Assignment Carefully
Understand Your Assignment
Pick a Good Topic
Customize Your Topic
Turn Your Topic into a Question
Find Your Keywords
A Symphony of Synonyms
Explore Your Topic
A Timeline of Information
A Cycle of Revolving Research
Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources
Finding Sources
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Deciding Where to Search
Start with OneSearch
Using OneSearch
What if I Just Want a Book?
Refining OneSearch
Finding Articles in Databases
Article Databases Basics
How Do I Find and Choose a Database?
How Do I Use a Database?
How Do I Find a Copy of the Article I Want?
Scholarly, Trade & Popular Journals
Searching Better
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Boolean Logic
Combining Boolean Operators
Try Truncation
Know Your Limits
Sort and Separate
Evaluating Information
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What's Appropriate?
Satire, Propaganda, and False Information
The ABCs of Evaluating Information
Who is the Author?
What is the Author's Bias?
What is the Context?
What is the Date of Publication?
Where's the Evidence?
What is the Format of the Source?
Citing Sources
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Find The Bibliographic Information You Need to Cite A Book
Find The Bibliographic Information You Need To Cite An Article
Online and Digital Resources
What Do Citations Look Like?
What If I Can’t Find An Author?
Are There Tools To Help Me With Citations?
Write & Cite
Citation Management Programs
Sample APA Annotated Bibliography
Get Help