EAPP(2nd Quarter) Flashcards
are the original documents of an event or discovery such as results of research, experiments or surveys, interviews, letters, diaries, legal documents, and scientific journal articles.
Primary sources
are also recordings of events as they are first described. These might be videotapes, audio recordings or eyewitness news reports.
Primary sources
offer an analysis or a
restatement of an event or discovery described in primary sources. They interpret, explain or
summarize primary sources. Some are used to persuade the reader.
Secondary sources
may be considered less
objective.
Secondary sources
BASIC RESEARCH TOOLS (4)
- LIBRARY CATALOGS
- ARTICLE DATABASES
- REFERENCE RESOURCES
- SEARCH ENGINES
Use to find location and holdings of books,
periodicals and other material within libraries.
LIBRARY
CATALOGS
To find articles on specific subjects. Especially useful in finding scholarly and academic journal
articles.
ARTICLE DATABASES
Finding aids such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, almanacs, etc.
REFERENCE RESOURCES
Use to find Websites and other Internet resources.
SEARCH ENGINES
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEB PAGES
- Advocacy
- News
- Personal
- Professional
- Scholarly
are publications that are printed; daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually.
Periodicals
are publications intended to be
published indefinitely
into the future.
Serials
Files, Formats, and Media on the Web
- Audio
- Video
- Text
- Graphics
How do we evaluate Information?
a. In Libraries
b. On the Internet
- Accuracy and Credibility
- Who is the author?
- Coverage and Relevance
- Currency
- Objectivity or Bias
- Sources or Documentation
- Publication and website design
is defined as moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity.
Ethics
asks you to be concerned about what is inherently right or wrong in a given situation.
Ethical behavior
is writing that clearly indicates (via documentation) where source material has been incorporated into one’s own writing.
Ethical writing
is also writing that acknowledges a range of perspectives on an issue.
Ethical writing
is writing with a level of inclusion, respect, and acknowledgement of diversity.
Ethical writing
GUIDELINES FOR ETHICAL WRITING 3
- Considering Wording
- Citing Sources
- Conciseness
CONSIDERING WORDING
Making Assumptions
Emotional Words
Stereotypes
Inclusive Language
CITING SOURCES
Proper Citation
Borrowed Ideas
Paraphrases
Citing Style
CONCISENESS
Conciseness
Professionalism
the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. (Oxford Dictionaries, n.d.) is heavily frowned upon and typically carries big penalties.
Plagiarism
is a law that helps to stamp out plagiarism and other
unauthorized uses of intellectual or creative property.
Copyright
Enabling flexibility and openness through attribution and sharing while maintaining conditions that seek to prevent unauthorized use.
Creative Commons
GUIDELINES TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
- Understand the context
- Quote
- Identify what does and does not need to be cited
- Manage your citations
- Use plagiarism checkers