Book Title: Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research
Subtitle: FSCJ Edition
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Chapters cover developing research questions, understanding types of sources, searching for information, evaluating sources, and avoiding plagiarism. Each chapter includes self-quizzes and activities to reinforce core concepts and help you apply them.
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This book is a cloned version of Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research by Teaching & Learning, University Libraries, published using Pressbooks by The Ohio State University under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.
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Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research Copyright © 2015, 2020 by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research Copyright © 2015, 2020 by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Unless otherwise noted, Choosing & Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research is (c) 2018 by Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University Libraries. The textbook content was created by Teaching & Learning, OSU Libraries and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted, including the following changes which are (c) 2020 by Florida State College at Jacksonville Library and Learning Commons (LLC) and also licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This book was originally produced using Pressbooks.com and adapted by Florida State College at Jacksonville Library and Learning Commons using calibre e-book manager and Pressbooks.
The following changes were made to this textbook:
References to Ohio State University (OSU) Libraries and OSU databases were replaced with Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) Library and Learning Commons (LLC) resources and databases.The following additions were made to this textbook:
Appendices to FSCJ Library and College-wide Student Resources
Appendix for APA 7th edition citations
Appendix for MLA 8th edition citations
Chapter 8 Citation and Citation Styles–paragraphs “In-text Citation”
and “Which Citation Style Should I Use?” from “Citations.” California College of the Arts,
https://libguides.cca.edu/citations. License: CC BY