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WorksheetsEAS199
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When choosing a topic
Go with the easiest
Go with something you like
Ask the instructor
Toss a coin
Evaluate a website by looking for...
about us or author info
updated regularly
URLs from .edu, .org, or .gov
All of the above
When reading an overview look for...
Answers to specific questions
Ways to narrow the topic
Authors
Hyperlinks to websites
An article that has been reviewed by experts is...
Reviewed
Scholarly, Peer-reviewed
Turned into a book
Made into a website
To find a known item search the library's homepage using...
Keywords
Synonyms
Title or author in quotation marks
Title or author
To search by keywords you'll also want...
A specific question
Synonyms
Antonyms
Boolean
Which would get you fewer results
(neural or brain) or implant*
brain and implant
neural and implant
(neural or brain) and implant*
To get just full-text journal articles you would...
Put those words in you search terms
Skim through the list of results to find them
Use database search limiters
Search Google
When in a database always...
Save articles you like using the folder option
Bookmark the website
Take a pic
Email each article to yourself
Citing sources is...
Hard because you need to do it manually
Easy if you use Bibme or Easy Bib
Challenging because there are so many styles
OK if you remember to use the database's cite option
