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Scholarly communication
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The cycle of scholarly communication
Primary literature
Secondary literature
Tertiary literature
QUIZ 01: Stages of scholarly communication
Popular writing
Popular science writing
Scholarly writing
Quiz 02: Activity Break
Search strategies
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Keywords = search terms
ACTIVITY BREAK - Identify search terms
Combining concepts
Truncation
Phrase searching
Quiz 03: Boolean operators
Finding books
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What is Summon?
Refine your search
Reference books
Finding a book from a citation
Print book location
Using print books effectively
Finding articles - the basics
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Keywords
Citations
What if an article is not available at UBC?
Finding articles - advanced
Why use advanced tools?
Article indexes
Subject headings
Web of Science
PubMed
ASFA
UBC eLink
Government information
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Finding government information using Summon
Finding government information using Google
Research Guides
Citing & note taking
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What is plagiarism?
Common knowledge
Take notes
Paraphrasing vs. summarizing
What is citing?
How to cite your sources
Tools for managing research literature
Evaluating
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Evaluating sources
Authority
Accuracy
Scope
Evaluation tools
Feedback
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