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Study Guide Answers
1. What is research?
The process of collecting information about a particular subject.
2. Libraries have _____________, which are physical, or computerized systems in which you search for books by title, author, keyword or subject.
Catalogues
3. _____________ are collections of magazines, newspapers and journals, which have been bound and arranged according to title and date.
Periodicals
4. One thing to be mindful of when conducting a personal interview is what?
Bias
5. As information is found, _________should be kept.
Note cards
6. Quoting is the act of taking the writings of someone else and claiming them as one's own. True of False
False - Plagiarism is the act?
7. What is the first step to conducting research?
Selecting a topic
8. Writing a research paper allows others to benefit from your research. True or False.
True
9. When gathering information for a research paper, it is advisable to search under what: author, title, subject, or keyword?
Subject
10. Where in the library can you find encyclopedias?
Reference section
11. When writing a research paper, you must give credit to an author in the form of what?
A citation
12. Books in the library are arranged according to two systems. Name one.
Dewey Decimal System or Library of Congress System
13. What is the Internet?
A series of computers connected to each other, which allows for data transfer
14. Every research should contain whay kind of statement that presents an idea to be supported or negated by the research?
Thesis
15. What format is used to write most research papers?
MLA or Modern Language Association
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