Carla Zimmerman; Steven D. Krause; and Matthew DeCarlo

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will be able to

  • Select appropriate sources for your research
  • Describe the strengths and limitations of each type of source
  • Describe useful strategies to employ when searching for literature
  • Identify how to narrow down search results to the most relevant sources
  • Identify the major sections of an APA-style research report and the basic contents of each section.
  • Summarize, quote, and paraphrase accurately from readings.
  • Understand when summary, quotation, or paraphrase are appropriate in a research paper.
  • Define plagiarism and describe strategies to avoid plagiarism

This section contains material from 2.2 Sources of Information and 2.3 Finding Literature by Matthew DeCarlo and Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Avoiding Plagiarism by Steven D. Krause used under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license

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