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  1. A student wants to find peer-reviewed articles about climate change. Which database is MOST appropriate?

    Answer: JSTOR or PubMed

    JSTOR and PubMed are academic databases that index peer-reviewed, scholarly articles.

  2. Which of the following is an example of a PRIMARY source?

    Answer: A diary entry written by a soldier during the Vietnam War

    A diary written during an event is a primary source because it is a firsthand, original account.

  3. When paraphrasing a source in a research paper, a student MUST:

    Answer: Still cite the original source

    Even when paraphrasing, you must cite the original source to give credit and avoid plagiarism.

  4. A student finds a website ending in .gov. What can they generally conclude?

    Answer: It is maintained by a US government agency and is likely reliable

    .gov domains are reserved for official US government agencies, making them generally credible sources.

  5. Which Boolean operator would NARROW a search to results containing both 'solar energy' AND 'cost'?

    Answer: AND

    The AND operator requires both terms to appear in results, narrowing the search.

  6. What does the 'C' in the CRAAP test for evaluating sources stand for?

    Answer: Currency

    In the CRAAP test, 'C' stands for Currency, meaning how recent or up-to-date the source is.

  7. A student uses three sentences directly from an article without quotation marks or citation. This is called:

    Answer: Plagiarism

    Using another author's exact words without attribution is plagiarism, an academic integrity violation.