Lib 1600 Iowa State University Final exam study guide.

traditional fertilizer used for growing corn before modern agriculture technology

Technology- non essential

Corn-essential

fertilizer-essential

traditional- essential

Major advantage to using subject specific database vs general database

search is customized to a certain subject area

airmchair

informal, secondary, sources, personal, interception

Academic

formal, scholarly, primary source, in depth analysis, follows research,

what to consider when starting research project

presearch, develop research question, gather info, refine and improve question, inform others, understand assignment parameters.

primary source

biography, offers first-hand accounts of an event (in the moment) ex; anne frank diary

secondary source

Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

scholarly information

audience: specialist. Purpose: access and challenge, existing knowledge, author: experts

Scholarly info appearance

presents data, citations: in-text citations, evaluation: peer reviewed by experts, advertising: professional

Popular info

audience: general public, purpose: entertain and advertise, authors: writers or bloggers

popular info appearance

illustrated with photos, citations- none, evaluating- proof read and copyright and advertising- for all general public

Parts of articles

1. Abstract: short summary of article with main takeaways

2. intro: background info and overview

3. methods: provides comprehensive details on how experimented was conducted

4. Results: Provides comprehensive details on data

5. conlusion: Summary of authors findings

6. References: work cited

Wiki, Google, Ai

Good for finding background information

good research question

is specific and focused, manageable, researchable, definable

Paywall

Requires to login, or not free

Open

free to anyone

Or expands your search b/c

Finds items that match at least one keyword

And narrows search b/c

finds items that include all keywords

NOT restricts search b/c

finds items without keywords

Quick Search

covers physical and Eletronic items with direct links

AI

extreme caution but beneficial

Web search engine

open access, popular source

Scholarly Database

Great for finding research articles

in addition to avoiding misinformation, to evaluate the info you should

make sure that the sources you want to add want to add something useful

field searching main purpose

find keywords in part of record you want them to match

SIFT

Stop, Investigate, Find, Trace

Why is SIFT useful

to help verify whether source is true and important, sources that make you question your assumptions, can be helpful

confirmation bias

the tendency to agree with or search for info from sources that confirm what your already believe.

Backfire effect

the tendency for people to strengthen their preexisting beliefs when faced with evidence that challenge core beliefs

Algorithm bias

repeatable and systematic outcomes or errors produced by a computer system or program that disadvantage certain groups.

conflict of interest

when an individual becomes unreliable b/c of a clash of personal interest

lateral reading

checking elsewhere for info abt a source or it's claims

Benefits of using creative commons license

makes clear conditions for revising orginal work

Plagiarism

taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas

public domain

published work no longer protected by copyright

paraphrase

someone else's info explained in your own words

copyright

law that determines how authors work can bd revised

what is a good reason to use style manuals

your paper will match the expected structure for your writing field

your original work is protected by copyright

true

you still hold copyright for works you put creative common license on

true

no one else can hold copyright to something you created

false

you can modify others work with creative common license

false