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LIB100: JOURNALS AND ARTICLES
JOURNALS
1. What is a Magazine?__________________________________________________________________
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2. What is a Trade Magazine? ____________________________________________________________
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3. What is a Journal?____________________________________________________________________
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4. What are similarities and differences between Magazines, Trade Magazines, and Journals?
Similarities Differences
Magazines
Trade Magazines
Journals
5. What are reasons you might need to find a specific journal?
A. D.
B. E.
C. F.
ARTICLES
6. What are reasons you might want to search for an article without knowing the specific journal?
A. D.
B. E.

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C. F.
7. How do you search for articles when you don’t know the journal they might be in?________________
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8. How can you find a database to use? Search by….
A.
B.
C.
9.a. What subject are you currently most interested in?_________________________________________
9.b. What database might be most useful for your subject?______________________________________
9.c. What is a good general purpose database?________________________________________________
10. Some things listed on the database page aren’t the databases your professors use to find articles for
research. What are some examples of these things?____________________________________________
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11. What is the difference between a PDF and an HTML Full Text article?
Similarities Differences
PDF
HTML
ZOTERO
11. How do you add articles to your Zotero library?___________________________________________
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