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C04d1 Unit 4

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u04d1 Unit 4 Discussion 1 : Locating Psychology Research

 In this discussion post I will discuss locating psychology research and my result from Capella University Library Research and Information Literacy Skills also known as the RAILS.

What was your score on the Library Research Skills Final Assessment that you completed in the preparation study? What skill areas were recommended for improvement and what skill areas did you do well on? I received 69% on the RAILS assessment test answering 11 out of 16. According to the skill assessment achieving 2/4 correct, I need improvement on “Identifying Scholarly Sources that it is important for me to know how to select and rely on sources that are credible and authorities. I am advise to review …show more content…

What tips would you give others for learning these commands?

Although, I found Boolean’s commands confusing I used it once I went over “Construct your search using Boolean commands.

Entering a word or two words then and/or the another word or two word s and/or. I didn’t try the Not I didn’t feel there were words that was not relevant to my search.

 What strategies did you use to locate your articles related to your research question?

I created my search by using three different keywords.
I also entered up to two additional keywords for each of my keywords making sure I have spelled everything correctly before continuing.

References:
Capella University (2015). https://campus.capella.edu/web/library/library-research-skills/

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