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The purpose of this module is to teach Hospitality Leadership students basic research skills needed to perform research in the field. As a result of completing this tutorial, students will master the following skills: Evaluating Sources, Searching for Articles and Books, Avoiding Plagiarism, and Citing Sources, and more.
Skills | |
Leadership |
1) Define Evidence Based Leadership 2) Ask an "Answerable Question." |
Evaluate Sources |
1) Compare and contrast credible v. non-credible web sources 2) Differentiate between popular, scholarly, and trade publications. |
Search for Articles |
1) Identify 3 databases for the Hospitality Leadership field 2) Infer methods to choose an appropriate database for this field. |
Search for Books |
1) Formulate searches in ECU's library catalog |
Use Trade Journals |
1) Define a trade journal and what can be found in them. 2) Identify 3 trade journals in the Hospitality Leadership field. 3) Recognize attributes of trade journals and their authors. |
Locate & Analyze Statistics and Business Information |
1) Discover library databases for finding national and international business information to apply to Hospitality Leadership-related analyses 2) Recognize sources of statistical information. |
Avoid Plagiarism & Cite Sources |
1) Define plagiarism 2) Identify APA citations for books, journal articles, newspapers, and websites. |
Get Help |
1) List 6 ways to get help from a librarian. |