GU-Q WC Synthesis Matrix Workshop: What Do You Do?

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Research Source Management Quiz

Test your knowledge and strategies for managing, reading, and citing sources effectively. This quiz is designed to help you understand your current practices and improve your research skills.

Evaluate how you track and organize sources.
Discover effective note-taking and citation strategies.
Improve your reading and annotation techniques.

7 Questions2 MinutesCreated by OrganizingText123

Sources

I usually print my sources

I read my sources on my computer

I do a mix of both

Keeping Track of Sources

I know which sources I am using because I use Zotero

I download the sources

I bookmark my sources in the browser

I don’t bother keeping track of which sources I use

Reading and Annotating Sources (Highlighting and Writing Notes)

I read each source from front to back

I skim sources to find relevant sections/ideas

I don’t read the sources; I just use the Find function when I need something

Reading and Annotating Sources (Highlighting and Writing Notes)

I always highlight

I sometimes highlight

I never highlight

Reading and Annotating Sources (Highlighting and Writing Notes)

I always annotate

I sometimes annotate

I never annotate

Note-Taking

I don’t take notes from sources; I copy material directly into my essay as I write

I have one document with all the notes from my sources

For each source, I have a separate document with notes

I take detailed notes from every source

I only take notes if I think it’s important

In my notes, I always put quotation marks around pasted material to show it’s a quote

In my notes, I sometimes put quotation marks around pasted material to show it’s a quote

I never put quotation marks around pasted material to show it’s a quote

I like taking notes by hand

Citing

I make complete citations as I am writing

I cite by putting in a reminder to cite or a short form citation

I cite after I have written my paper

Citing is fairly easy because I make sure my notes or the essay include page numbers and source info

Citing is a lot of work because I have to go back to the sources to find out where my citations came from came from

Sometimes it is hard to know which ideas were mine and which came from a source

I cite using Zotero.

I cite by using a citation generator.

I cite by typing out each citation myself; I don't use a program.

GU-Q WC Synthesis Matrix Workshop: What Do You Do?

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