FHGEN 110 Midterm Review Flashcards

Vocabulary terms and definitions covering the Genealogical Proof Standard, research planning, citation resources, plagiarism types, and evidence analysis for the FHGEN 110 midterm.

Reasonably Exhaustive Research

The identification and searching of all relevant and available sources to solve a research objective.

Research Plan

A document that acts like an outline for a report where a researcher defines a goal, studies reference resources, and creates a prioritized list of sources and their locations.

Research Log

A record that includes the researcher's name, the date of each search, the goal, descriptions of sources searched, how they were searched, and the results (even if nothing was found).

Evidence Explained

A citation style reference book by Elizabeth Shown Mills containing templates for genealogical sources, including internet sources and digitized information.

Chicago Manual of Style

A professional writing style guide providing guidelines on grammar, punctuation, citations, and formatting, such as indentation and title capitalization.

FHGEN Style Guide

A publication created by the Family History Research Department at BYU-I specifically to help students write citations.

BCG Standards Manual

A manual stating that citations must include the name of the collection and the specific location within the record from which information was obtained.

Direct Plagiarism

Copying the ideas, words, or data of others without citing, quoting, or referencing the original author or source.

Incidental (accidental) Plagiarism

When a student uses another person's words, ideas, or data but fails to cite, quote, or reference them appropriately through error.

Paraphrased Plagiarism

Using one's own words to describe ideas, words, or data from another source without providing a citation or reference.

Plagiarism Mosaic

Borrowing words, ideas, or data from another source and combining them into one's own writing without citing the original author.

Insufficient Acknowledgment

The partial or incomplete referencing of another person or source when borrowing information.

Analysis

The process of studying one thing at a time—specifically sources, information, and evidence—to determine credibility.

Correlation

The process of considering more than one item (using tools like tables, maps, and timelines) to decide how those items are connected.

Resolution of Conflicting Evidence

The process of acknowledging, analyzing, and explaining (writing down) contradictions and discrepancies in research.

Professional Genealogy

An online resource accessible through the McKay Library that includes chapters dedicated to topics on genealogical writing.

National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGSQ)

A genealogical journal used as a writing tool to view examples of professional writing and professional citations.

Soundly Written Conclusion

A summary based on the strongest evidence that is written only after all research is finished; it is separate from the act of researching.