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My search statement changed from "Plagiarism" to ("Educator") AND plagiarism and then I chose a topic plagiarism and college student and all the articles came up. I clicked on magazine then on newspaper then on scholarly journal and found a wealth of information and resources. I used ProQuest at Clark College Cannell Library. I am excited about this new information and appreciate the experience. Learning how to search for information does give an academic advantage.
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Amy, Being able to find information and evaluate it gives you a SUPER advantage!! You couldn't be more right about that!
ReplyDeleteJust a couple of suggestions:
#1. Please go back and read the criteria for scholarly articles. Though you found your article in a library database and though ProQuest identified your article as scholarly, ProQuest is not always right. It will also give you an advantage to know the criteria so it is worth your time to read it again.
#2. "quotation marks" keep a phrase together. You do not need to also use (parentheses) unless you want to tell the database to give you information about a topic using a variety of words like (grape OR strawberry OR quince) AND jam. Reread the Boolean info. It is complicated. Likely using both did not hurt your search but it is good to know how to use each correctly.
Keep up the good work!
Sue