carrying out secondary research. Flashcards
1
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what is an example of library search?
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online academic, databases, books or journals.
2
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advantages of library searches.
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- vast amounts of data from lots of journals
- can add key terms to filter
- trustworthy sources
3
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disadvantages of library searches.
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- language is hard to understand
- too much irrelevant data
- limited free sources
4
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examples of internet search.
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google search, news articles, google scholar.
5
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advantages of internet searches
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- quick to do
- immediate access to info from anywhere
- free to access
6
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disadvantages of internet searches
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- unable to guarantee reliability of data eg Wikipedia
- restricted access to some article - required account or cost
7
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examples of key terms
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key words or phases
8
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advantages of key terms
A
can be taken from the original pre-release source
9
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disadvantages of key terms
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phrasing of some terms can be difficult to determine
