Introduction to college research / Walter D. Butler, Aloha Sargent, Kelsey Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Walter D., author.

Sargent, Aloha, author.

Smith, K (Kelsey), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Research.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges--Research.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 247 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : LibreTexts, 2021.

Summary:

This book acknowledges our changing information landscape, covering key concepts in information literacy to support a research process with intention. We start by critically examining the online environment many of us already engage with every day, looking at algorithms, the attention economy, information disorder and cynicism, information hygiene, and fact-checking. We then move into an exploration of information source types, meaningful research topics, keyword choices, effective search strategies, library resources, Web search considerations, the ethical use of information, and citation.

Contents:

Introduction

The age of algorithms

Fact-checking

Types of information sources

Getting your research Started

Search strategies

Finding materials in the library

Using library databases

Searching the web: strategies and considerations

Ethical and legal use of information

Citing sources

Glossary.

Notes:

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