Reading Scholarly Articles Toolkit

We’ve made accessing the databases easier than ever! 

The CCCS Online Library is excited to provide student access to more than 130 different databases for nearly every academic area! Each research database provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles, streaming academic videos, primary sources, images, newspaper articles, and more. Access these resources through your home college library's website or at https://cccs.libguides.com/home.

Welcome to the Reading Scholarly Articles Toolkit!

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Reading Scholarly Articles: Videos and Tutorials

"How to Read a Scholarly Article" by Western University is licensed under CC BY 3.0

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Steiner, Peter. "On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog." Cartoon. The New

Yorker 5 July 1993: n. pag. The New Yorker. Web. 10 Dec. 2014.

This video was created for CCCOnline by Stefanie Stephens.

Below are some links for slightly different adaptations of the CRAP Test. Please check out the MCHS CRAP Test evaluation rubric if you're having difficulties! It's a great tool that allows you to score each area of the website and make an informed, fact-based decision!

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Academic Integrity

Academic integrity and honesty have always been important components to being a successful college student. However, today's online world has magnified the importance of acting with integrity and honesty in the college classroom. We offer you helpful information on just what Academic Integrity is and why it's important as well as information on how to avoid academic dishonesty and the pitfalls of plagiarism.

"Why Cite? York U. Libraries" by Teaching & Learning at York U. Libraries is licensed under CC BY 3.0

Academic Integrity Policies

Knowing Why To Cite

When researching, you must give credit where credit is due. The links in this part of the Help with Doing Research Guide will help you to do that correctly and according to the citation style required in your course.

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A citation is a reference to the original source of a given piece of information and allows the reader to locate it themselves.

There are two kinds of citations:

• In-text or Footnote citations: These are short references placed within the body of a work (in-text) or at the bottom of the page (footnote) within the work.
• Full citations: These are placed at the end of a resource, located in a References, Bibliography, or Works Cited page.

Most citations include the following information:

• Author(s): The person, group, or organization that created it.
• Title: The name of the resource.
• Source: Where it is published. (Location and publisher for books; journal, volume, and page number for articles.)
• Date: When it was published.
• URL: Uniform Resource Locator for online resources.

Why do I need to cite my sources?

In writing your research paper, you will usually use the ideas of previous authors. In order to use and build on those ideas in your paper, you must cite where information comes from.

There are three main reasons why you need to cite:

1. Provides solid research to help prove the information you present 

2. Allows anyone who reads your paper enough information to find the source you used

3. Prevents plagiarism and gives credit to the original author

There are two parts to citing sources. In-text citations and References (APA), footnotes or endnotes and Bibliography (Chicago), or in-text citations and Works Cited (MLA) page. 

Please contact a Librarian if you need any help with your citations! 

You need to cite it when:

•  Quoting: using another person's exact words
•  Paraphrasing: restating another person's ideas or thoughts in your own words
•  Summarizing: a concise statement of another person's ideas or thoughts in your own words
•  Reusing facts, information and data; this includes your own previously published works
•  Discussing studies, arguments, points of view

You do not need to cite:

• Well known facts and common knowledge
  • information found in many sources
  • information that most people know
  • information shared by a cultural or national group
• Your own ideas
• Things that are easily observed
• Common sayings that are used in everyday speech

When in doubt, cite it!

Home College Tutoring Websites

Your home college also offers academic and tutoring support. Visit the links below to learn more about what each college offers.

Tutoring Resources

Having problems with a concept in your math class? Just not getting your chemistry assignment? Perhaps you’d like someone to take a look at your research to make sure your thesis is sound and you’ve organized your argument well. You have several options for getting help at CCCOnline:

Brainfuse:

CCCOnline offers 24×7 web-based tutoring services through Brainfuse. This service supplements our existing academic support services by offering real-time online tutoring and homework help for core courses and skills 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Brainfuse is not an answering or proofreading/editing service. Students can access live tutorials in writing across many subjects, including math, accounting, business, statistics and economics, science, world languages, English, and social sciences. In addition, students can submit writing projects to Brainfuse.

To access Brainfuse, please click on the Brainfuse link located in the “External Links” widget of your COURSE home page under Helpful Links.

Online Tutoring Lab (OTL)

The CCCOnline Online Tutoring Lab (OTL) was created as a free online resource for all students taking developmental education classes.

Students are automatically enrolled in the CCCOnline OTL Center when they sign up for any of the following classes:

• CCR092

• CCR094

• MAT025

• MAT050

• MAT055

• MAT103

• MAT107

Students will see the OTL listed in D2L along with their other CCCOnline classes. The tutoring lab is staffed by CCCOnline instructors who are experienced teaching our developmental ed classes.

While visiting the OTL, students can:

• Ask questions of a CCCOnline tutor,

• Link to online tutoring and resources,

• Get additional practice with course materials,

• Arrange for private tutoring appointments via telephone or online, and/or

• Gain encouragement from and offer encouragement to peers.

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