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A DATABASE of THE materials in a library’s collection.

WHAT IS A LIBRARY CATALOG?

COPYING OR CLOSELY IMITATING THE WORK OF ANOTHER WRITER WITHOUT PERMISSION AND WITHOUT GIVING THEM CREDIT.

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

KNOWING WHEN THERE IS A NEED FOR INFORMATION, AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY, LOCATE, EVALUATE, & EFFECTIVELY USE THAT INFORMATION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR SOLVE PROBLEMS.

WHAT IS INFORMATION LITERACY?

REFERENCES TO DOCUMENTS OR PARTS OF DOCUMENTS FROM WHICH A PASSAGE IS QUOTED, E.G. (KEENAN, P.22).

WHAT ARE CITATIONS?

A FORMAL PROCESS WHEREBY ARTICLES SUBMITTED TO A JOURNAL ARE SENT TO ESTABLISHED SCHOLARS IN THAT FIELD OF STUDY FOR REVIEW.

WHAT IS PEER REVIEW?

THE DESCRIPTION USED WHEN THE ENTIRE TEXT OF AN ITEM, SUCH AS AN ARTICLE, BOOK, OR ENCYCLOPEDIA, IS AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT.

WHAT IS FULL-TEXT?

A URL DOMAIN THAT GENERALLY INDICATES A HIGHER LEVEL OF RELIABILITY THAN A .COM

WHAT IS .EDU? Also acceptable: What is .gov?

DOUBLE CHECKING THAT YOU HAVE GOOD FACTS BY FINDING THE SAME INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE SOURCES.

WHAT IS CORROBORATION?

EBSCO, PROQUEST, ANATOMY.TV, AND SCIENCE DIRECT ARE EXAMPLES.

WHAT IS A LIBRARY/RESEARCH DATABASE?

A SYSTEM OF LOGIC DEVELOPED BY MATHEMATICIAN GEORGE BOOLE THAT ALLOWS USERS TO COMBINE WORDS OR PHRASES WHEN SEARCHING AN ONLINE CATALOG OR DATABASE. THREE LOGICAL COMMANDS (SOMETIMES CALLED "OPERATORS") ARE AVAILABLE IN MOST SEARCH SOFTWARE.

WHAT IS BOOLEAN?

THIS PERSON HELPS STUDENTS FIND RESOURCES, CITE THEM, AND ANSWERS OTHER QUESTIONS.

WHAT IS A LIBRARIAN?

A BOOK OR VIDEO THAT IS KEPT BEHIND THE CIRCULATION DESK AND HAS A SHORTENED CHECKOUT PERIOD.

WHAT IS A RESERVE?

WHEN A BOOK IS NOT OWNED BY YOUR LIBRARY, THIS SERVICE ALLOWS A PATRON TO REQUEST IT FROM ANOTHER LIBRARY.

WHAT IS INTERLIBRARY LOAN?

THESE SPACES CAN BE RESERVED UP TO A WEEK IN ADVANCE FOR QUIET OR GROUP STUDY.

WHAT IS A STUDY ROOM?

THIS CARD ALSO SERVES AS LCCC STUDENTS’ LIBRARY CARD.

WHAT IS A STUDENT ID?

A PORTABLE PRINTED INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE COMMONLY FORMING A LARGE PORTION OF A LIBRARY COLLECTION, AND NOT REQUIRING MEDIATING TECHNOLOGY FOR USE.

WHAT IS A BOOK?

ANY PUBLICATION ISSUED IN SUCCESSIVE PARTS, USUALLY AT REGULAR INTERVALS, AND INTENDED TO BE CONTINUED INDEFINITELY.

WHAT IS A SERIAL? (PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ANNUALS, YEARBOOKS, JOURNALS, MEMOIRS, PROCEEDINGS, TRANSACTIONS, AND NUMBERED MONOGRAPHIC SERIES )

A BRIEF SUMMARY OF AN ARTICLE TO ALLOW A READER TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE ARTICLE WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION NEEDED.

WHAT IS AN ABSTRACT?

MATERIALS SUCH AS ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES, ATLASES & DIRECTORIES, KEPT IN A SEPARATE COLLECTION AND NOT ALLOWED TO CIRCULATE.

WHAT IS THE REFERENCE COLLECTION?

A GUIDE FOR TYPING RESEARCH PAPERS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, DEVELOPED BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

WHAT IS APA SYLE?

THE FIRST STEP OF THE WRITING PROCESS.

WHAT IS BRAINSTORMING (OR PREWRITING)?

THESE HELP MAKE PARAGRAPHS FLOW BETTER.

WHAT ARE TRANSITIONS?

THIS IS WHEN YOU MAKE CORRECTIONS TO A PAPER YOU ARE WRITING.

WHAT IS EDITING?

THE COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS USING LIKE OR AS.

WHAT IS A SIMILE?

AN OBJECTIVE OR TARGET A PERSON TRIES TO REACH BY DIRECTING HIS/HER THOUGHTS AND ENERGY.

WHAT IS A GOAL?