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Class Climate Survey
- Professor Martinique Haller
Class Climate survey for Library Professor, Martinique Haller.
Getting Started
Goals for today
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Identify relevant keywords in order to conduct a basic database search.
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Use background sources to come up with questions about a research topic.
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Locate relevant articles in one or more library databases.
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Give credit to the original ideas of others through proper attribution and citation.
Background Information Databases
- Credo Reference - All Subjects Search This link opens in a new windowContains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowEach issue examines a single "hot" topic with comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts.
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new windowDatabase of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills. It contains reference book titles, pro and con viewpoint articles, and a variety of periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs.