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Research 101
Lesson 2 - Smart Searching
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Research 101
In this guide, you’ll learn about the steps in the research process including how to develop a research question, identify keywords, find, evaluate, and cite information sources and more.
Welcome to the Research Process
Module 1 - Your Question
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Lesson 1 - Information need
Lesson 2 - Thesis or Topic
Activity - Module 1
Module 2 - Find Background Information
Module 3 - Find Materials
Lesson 1 - Using Library Tools
Lesson 2 - Smart Searching
Library Databases vs. Google (or other search engines)
Keywords and boolean operators searching
Activities - Module 3
Module 4 - Read and Evaluate
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Lesson 1 - ABC's of Scholarly Sources
Lesson 2 - Verifying Online sources
Activity - Module 4
Module 5 - Organize, Write and Cite
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Lesson 1 - Creating Citations
Lesson 2 - In-text citations and paraphrasing
Lesson 3 - Works Cited and Bibliographies
Activity - Module 5
Library Databases vs. Google (or other search engines)
Keywords and boolean operators searching
Choosing Keywords Infographic:
Boolean Searching:
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