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The Real Skinny on Research Skills |
| Section: LIFE / EDUCATION |
| Author: Margaret Montet |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2006 |
| Size: 1,997 Words, 11,770 Characters |
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What’s the best way to stay ahead of the curve in school and after? Make friends with the library! Get the 411 on the tools provided by your library to save you time and unlock the gate to better grades now and to more knowledge for a lifetime. Most of these skills you will use for school will translate to real life. Spend some time learning them now--it's a good investment of your time.
In the world of libraries, we call the skills needed to keep pace in our information age information literacy. (See the Association of College & Research Libraries' definition of information literacy.) To the student, this means:
--developing the skills you need to find information online or in the library,
--using your critical thinking skills to decide what information is reliable,
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... online or anywhere else. There are many disreputable people out there who will try to tell you that buying a term paper is perfectly legal. It may be legal to purchase the thing, but it is not legal to present it as your own work. If you think your teacher won't notice, think again. There are many tricks to detect plagiarism, including some very savvy computer programs. Don't take the chance.
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