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1. These are significant words and phrases that can be used in a search to describe the information you are looking for. They may be broad or specific, and can be connected in a search using AND, OR, and NOT.

Boolean words
Synonyms
Keywords
Databases

2. To find a book owned by the library, you will need to know its call number. You will use this tool on the library homepage to search for books and their call numbers.

Databases
Catalog
FAQ's
Google

3. These sources are published in academic journals, can be found using the library's electronic databases, and have been reviewed and approved by a panel of experts.

Scholarly articles
Websites
Books
Primary sources

4. What would you use the CRAAP test for?

Determining if your research paper is grammatically correct.
Determining if a book was written by someone with a PhD.
Determining if the class you want to take requires too much work.
Determining the Currency, Reliability, Authority, Authenticity, and Purpose of a website.

5. What is the best way to ensure you will not be guilty of plagiarism?

Always cite your sources accurately, always provide a citation for quotes or ideas that you borrow from a source, and always do your own work.
Buy your research papers from a friend who has graduated instead of from the Internet.
Just change 1 word in every sentence that you copy and paste from a website.
Make up sources for your Works Cited so your professor can not tell if you plagiarized.