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What is one way Wikipedia be used in research?

What do you need to do to avoid plagiarism?

Evaluting Sources

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A review of evaluating sources for academic writing

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What do you need to do to avoid plagiarism?
Take good notes
Cite all facts, quotes, and ideas from outside sources
Include just a bibliography
Only use academic sources
2
What is one way Wikipedia be used in research?
To find quotes by famous people
As a source for your report
It should never be used
To look for leads to potential sources at the end
3
Which one is a primary source?
Textbook
News article
Interview
Journal article
4
Which source would be the least potentially biased?
a news article from the Wall Street Journal
a corporate Facebook page
a web page from conservationfund.org
none of the above
5
Why should you avoid about.com for information?
the pages are not written by experts
the pages are poorly written
the pages are not updated
the pages do not give enough information
6
What are some red flags when evaluating a website?
Spelling and grammar errors
No author or publisher is given
all of the above
Information cannot be independently verified
7
What do the "AA"s stand for in CRAAP?
argument and all right
advantage and atlas
artist and android
authority and accuracy
8
What does it mean if an article is peer reviewed?
written and reviewed by gnomes
written and reviewed by government agencies
written and reviewed by journalists
written and reviewed by scholarly experts