Utilizing Schoolcraft College's
On-Line Databases
Overview of Learning Activity
A common problem students make when writing research papers is that they rely too heavily on the Internet to find resources for their research. While there are many high quality web pages available, the best research papers include material from a variety of sources. Articles published in academic journals are especially important; articles that do not generally appear when you search the Internet using Google or some other search engine.
In this lesson, you will also learn how to use the Internet to find journal articles by searching the Schoolcraft College library's on-line databases.
Objectives of Activity
At the conclusion of this learning activity, you will be able to:
- Use Schoolcraft College library databases to identify an article appropriate for your research.
Directions for Activity
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Assessment of Learning Activity
Submit a copy of the article you located to your instructor for evaluation. Your instructor might ask you to summarize the article or to provide a brief paragraph explaining why the article is relevant to your research.
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Avoiding Plagiarism
Academic articles often include a section in which the author gives a brief overview of articles other researchers have previously published. When doing your research, you should freely consult the articles mentioned in this section. However, unless you consult an article yourself, you cannot use the article as a direct reference. For example, assume you want to refer to information written by Jones that you read about in Smith's article. Unfortunately, you cannot locate a copy of Jones' article before your deadline. In your bibliography, you need to indicate that Jones' material was cited in Smith; that Smith—not Jones—was your source.
References and Resources
Rhodes, Mackie. “Medieval Times." Instructor 112.3 (2002): 57+.
Schoolcraft College Library. Databases. nd. Schoolcraft College.
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