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Assignment | Unit 1 Research (Le): Search

BIOL 1409 | Prof. Michael Khoa Le (Fall 2025)

Warm-Up

Note
Practice

Practice identifying keywords (and their synonyms) -- incredibly important skills for effectively seeking information!

This will help prepare you to navigate the advanced search function of the library databases.

Peer-Reviewed

Popular Media

Library Databases
and search engines, of course, but you know about those...

Do Not Use

Wikipedia
Individual social media posts
Non-credible sites

Evaluating & Selecting Information Sources (Tutorial)
Walks user through identifying key elements of a scholarly article, a bad web article, and an ambiguous encyclopedia page from the database. Certificate provided at the end for completion.

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Subjects: Biology

Tags: BIOL 1409, biology, created: epatton, expires: Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Le

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