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Introduction
1. The Purpose of Research Questions
2. Narrowing a Topic
3. Background Reading
4. Regular vs. Research Questions
5. Influence of a Research Question
6. Developing Your Research Question
1. Categorizing Sources
2. Quantitative or Qualitative
3. Fact or Opinion
4. Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Sources
5. Popular, Substantive Popular, Professional, & Scholarly
6. Publication Formats and the Information Lifecycle
7. Scholarly Articles as Sources
8. News as a Source
9. Data as Sources
10. People as Sources
1. What Sources to Use When
2. Which Kinds of Sources Meet Which Needs?
3. Planning Your Sources
1. Why Precision Searching?
2. Main Concepts
3. Related and Alternative Terms
4. Search Statements
1. Library Catalog
2. WorldCat@OSU
3. Google Scholar
4. Specialized Databases
5. Web Search Engines
6. Tips for Common Search Tools
1. Thinking Critically About Sources
2. Evaluating for Relevancy
3. Evaluating for Credibility
1. Ethical Use and Citing Sources
2. Why Cite Sources?
3. Challenges in Citing Sources
1. Citation and Citation Styles
2. Steps for Citing
3. Citation Software
4. When to Cite
1. The Purpose of Academic Argument
2. Components of an Argument
3. Order of the Components
4. Where You Get the Components
1. Writing Tips
2. Helping Others Follow
3. Synthesis of Your Own Ideas
1. What Is Copyright?
2. What Copyright Covers
3. Rights Granted by Copyright
4. Respecting Copyright
5. Exceptions to Copyright
6. Creative Commons - An Open Option
7. Public Domain and Term of Copyright
1. What Is Fair Use?
2. The Four Factors
3. Evaluating Your Case for Fair Use
4. Common Examples of Fair Use
1. Thinking About Roles of Sources
2. BEAM: A Solution That Might Shine
3. Using BEAM: An Example
4. Practice with BEAM
Credits
Glossary
Version History
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Transcript: Riley
Transcript: The Information Lifecycle
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