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Contents
  1. Table of Contents

  2. A Note to Instructors

    1. Chapter 1: Rhetorical Research

    2. 1.1 Introduction to Rhetorical Research

    3. 1.2 Research as a Reiterative Process

    4. Chapter 2: Introduction to Background Research

    5. 2.1 Library Databases for Background Research

    6. 2.2 Background Research for Understanding Course Content

    7. 2.3 Background Research for an In-depth Research Project

    8. Chapter 3: Choosing a Topic & Developing a Research Question

    9. 3.1: From Background Question to Research Question

    10. Chapter 4: Types of Sources: Scholarly, Trade, & Popular

    11. 4.1 Scholarly Sources

    12. 4.2 Trade Sources

    13. 4.3 Popular Sources

    14. 4.4 Side by Side Types of Sources Comparison

    15. 4.5 Types of Sources: Check for Understanding

    16. Chapter 5: Peer Review

    17. 5.1 Levels of Peer Review

    18. 5.2 A Conversation Among Scholars

    19. Chapter 6: Finding Sources

    20. 6.1 Identifying & Brainstorming Keywords

    21. 6.2 Creating Effective Search Statements

    22. 6.3 Expanding Your Keyword List & Refining Topic Focus

    23. Chapter 7: Evaluating Sources with SIFT

    24. 7.1 Stop & Investigate the Source

    25. 7.2 Find Better Coverage AND Trace Claims Back to the Original Source

    26. 7.3 SIFT Check for Understanding

    27. Chapter 8: Avoiding Plagiarism

    28. 8.1 Giving Proper Credit through Attribution & Citation

    29. 8.2 Summarizing, Direct Quoting, & Paraphrasing

    30. 8.3 How to Cite

    31. 8.4 Using Citation Generators

    32. 8.5 Use Information Sources Effectively & Avoid Plagiarism

    33. Research Resources at SCC

  3. Glossary

Digital Information Skills for Community College Researchers

Table of Contents

A Note to Instructors

Chapter 1: Rhetorical Research

Chapter 2: Introduction to Background Research

Chapter 3: Choosing a Topic & Developing a Research Question

Chapter 4: Types of Sources: Scholarly, Trade, & Popular

Chapter 5: Peer Review

Chapter 6: Finding Sources

Chapter 7: Evaluating Sources with SIFT

Chapter 8: Avoiding Plagiarism

Research Resources at SCC

Glossary

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Digital Information Skills for Community College Researchers by Serene Rock is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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