This document discusses information literacy and research skills. It covers locating subject-specific resources, evaluating information, applying and synthesizing research into one's own work, and using research skills for assignments. The document also discusses plagiarism and how to properly cite and paraphrase other authors' work. It provides examples of discipline-specific databases and recommends following footnotes and exploring government and think tank resources during open research. Contact information is given for the university library.

1. TECH WRITING
Information Literacy

2. Learning Outcomes
• How will you locate solid subject specific resources?
• How will you critique subject specific resources and
information?
• How will you apply and synthesize information retrieved from
resources into your knowledge base, interests and research
needs?
• How will you use the resources and research skills for your
specific assignment?

3. Information use

4. Plagiarism
• In this level of research we are always immersed in others ideas, so
give credit where it is due. Plagiarism is using others' ideas and
words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information.
• Give dap when it is due:
• another person's idea, opinion, or theory;
• any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings--any pieces of information--
that are not common knowledge;
• quotations of another person's actual spoken or written words; or
• paraphrase of another person's spoken or written words
• Adapted from: http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/plagiarism

5. Acceptable Paraphrasing
• Strategies for avoiding plagiarism
1. Put in quotations everything that comes directly from the text
especially when taking notes.
2. When you paraphrase be sure you are not just rearranging or
replacing a few words. Instead, read over what you want to
paraphrase carefully; cover up the text with your hand, or close
the text so you can't see any of it (and so aren't tempted to use
the text as a "guide"). Write out the idea in your own words
without peeking.
3. Check your paraphrase against the original text to be sure you
have not accidentally used the same phrases or words, and that
the information is accurate.
Adapted from:
http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/plagiarism

6. Resources
• Nursing: PubMed and CINAHL
• Business: Business Search Premiere & Proquest Business
• Liberal Arts & English: JStor, Academic Search Premiere, EEBO
• Science: Scopus, Science Direct, Proquest Science & Technology
• Engineering: Compendex, IEEE Explore
• Computer Science: Computer information Science Abstracts
• Education: Academic Search Premiere, ERIC, Education Sage a Full
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7. UAH Specific
• ILLIAD: http://libguides.uah.edu/ill
• UAH Library: http://www.uah.edu/library
• A-Z Journals: Journal A to Z list (“Find a Journal Title”)
• E.G:
• Journal of Propulsion and Power
• Combustion and Flame
• AIAA Conference Papers

8. Open Source Research
• Chase footnotes!
• Government Information
• Census.gov
• USA.gov
• GPO.gov
• Think-Tanks (Some)
• RAND
• Brookings

9. Contact Information
• Call us: (256)824-6529
• Text us: (256) 286-2368
• Chat with us: http://libanswers.uah.edu/
• https://twitter.com/uahlibrary
• https://www.facebook.com/uahlibrary
• Seth Porter: Instruction Librarian & Government Documents
Coordinator
• 256.824.6130
• smp0024@uah.edu