Review of Literature

Question 0

secondary source

Answer 0

in historical research, documents and testimonies of individuals who did not actually observe or participate in the event being studied; in literature reviews a summary of primary sources

Question 1

primary source

Answer 1

in analytical research, a document or the testimony of an eyewitness to an event; in reviewing literature, studies with original data

Question 2

thesaurus

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a publication that lists and cross-references the key terms used in an index for a reference service (database), such as ERIC or Psychological Asbstracts

Question 3

ERIC

Answer 3

Educational Resources Information Center; a comprehensive database and index of education literature

Question 4

PsychINFO

Answer 4

database of psychological research and other literature sponsored by the American Psychological Association

Question 5

Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)

Answer 5

provides access to bibliographic and citation information to find research data, trends, journals, and researchers

Question 6

boolean

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operators such as AND and OR that are used to limit a literature or Internet search

Question 7

subject directories

Answer 7

lists of cataloged Internet resources

Question 8

search engines

Answer 8

services that allow for cataloging and retrieving information from the Internet

Question 9

metasearch engines

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research tools that allow multiple Internet searches to be conducted at one time

Question 10

meta-analysis

Answer 10

a research procedure that uses statistical techniques to synthesize the results of prior independently conducted studies