1. The Game of Credibility The Credible Sources Project
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The Credible Sources Project
Created by Educational Technology Network

2. Identifying Scholarly Sources Controlled Vocabularies
Choose Your Category
Search Engines
Scholarly
Articles
Identifying Scholarly Sources
Controlled Vocabularies
Keywords
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3. Which of the following is a reliable search engine?
Google
EBSCO
Bing
Yahoo

4. What is the Gate-Keeping Process?
A process in which you maintain a gate.
A process in which information is made easily accessible.
A process that filters information.
A process that spreads information quickly.

5. Which of the following are non-scholarly materials?
Conference publications
Sources without references
Academic journals
Books

6. A peer-reviewed journal considered a scholarly source
True or False?

7. Is his belief right or wrong?
Mike has a research paper due Dec 20,2016. While conducting his research, he finds a source from It has an author, publisher, and quotes, however, there are no references. Mike believes this to be a scholarly source.
Is his belief right or wrong?

8. Of the following, which one does not contribute to credibility?
Accuracy
Relevance
Currency
Excitement

9. Controlled vocabularies involve the use of search terms and were created by The Library of Congress
True or False?

10. Say a student is working on a research paper about apes and their behavior. This type of search uses the disciplined category of Biological Anthropology, a subfield of Anthropology that involves the study of the nonhuman primates and their behavior. This subject discipline would be considered an example of a controlled vocabulary.
True or False?

11. You cannot control what goes into a search when using keywords.
True or False?

12. Using keywords is a more flexible method for searching.
True or False?