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Video Clips

• The Research Process: The Literature Review

This video defines the literature review and describes the literature review process.
Relevant Learning Objective: LO 5-1; Describe the various purposes of conducting a review of related literature

• How to Evaluate a Source

This video was created at Paradise Valley Community College Library and explains how to evaluate the quality of academic literature.
Relevant Learning Objective: LO 5-3; Distinguish between and provide examples of primary and secondary sources of information

• Peer Review & Scholarly Publishing

This video was created at North Carolina State University Libraries and explains the peer review and scholarly publishing process.
Relevant Learning Objective: LO 5-3; Distinguish between and provide examples of primary and secondary sources of information

• Critically Evaluating Research Literature

This video provides a discussion of the questions that one should ask while reviewing literature, such as what is the research question, whom is he/she studying, is it original, etc.
Relevant Learning Objective: LO 5-1; Describe the various purposes of conducting a review of related literature