Doing Research (Chapters 15-19)

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Across
  1. 1. Research obtained by asking respondents to fill out a questionnaire.
  2. 4. An electronic collection of information often available through college libraries and containing articles written by experts.
  3. 5. Using the exact words of a source.
  4. 7. Research obtained by making careful records about surrounding persons, places, or things.
  5. 8. This happens when someone steals another person's work on purpose (2 words).
  6. 12. Research sources that provide firsthand knowledge, such as field research (2 words).
  7. 14. Research obtained by asking direct questions of an expert.
  8. 15. An introduction or lead-in to a quote, paraphrase, or summary. It allows you to integrate source information into your text so it flows smoothly. Also, if you mention the credentials of your source, it adds credibility to your paper (2 words).
  9. 17. Academic research sources(2 words).
  10. 18. When evaluating a source's usefulness and credibility, you should consider the publisher and author's __________.
Down
  1. 1. Research sources that report on the research other people have done, such as articles (2 words).
  2. 2. Examples of this type or research are interviews, surveys, observations, and experiments (2 words).
  3. 3. The intentional or unintentional act of stealing another person's intellectual property.
  4. 6. This happens when someone accidentally steals another person's work through inaccurate or incomplete acknowledgement of the source (2 words).
  5. 9. Nonacademic research sources (2 words).
  6. 10. Capturing the main idea from a passage by using your own words and sentence structures. It's important not to insert your own opinions or ideas that do not appear within the original passage.
  7. 11. Group similar pieces of information together and look for patterns. Useful for putting information from sources together in an original argument.
  8. 12. Providing all relevant information from a passage by using your own words and sentence structures. It's important not to insert your own opinions or ideas that do not appear within the original passage.
  9. 13. A publication that is available mainly through libraries and is composed of articles written by experts within a given field.
  10. 16. An opposing point of view on an issue.