You are writing an article about Gross Domestic Product (GDP). You find a definition of GDP in Investopedia that says

“Gross Domestic Product is the total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period.”

You are unable to think how to phrase this differently, and so copy this sentence into your article without quotation marks.

Is this acceptable, given that it is only a definition?

Is the following question phrased in a causal way?

What are the determinants of long unemployment spells for healthy adults under the age of 25?

You are interested in the sound design of the film “Groundhog day”, which starred Bill Murray.

In particular, you would like information on Bill W. Benton, the re-recording mixer. But you are struggling to find information that does not relate to the film’s star.

Which search would help remove Bill Murray?

You want to find search results that include two things: some word meaning “pancake”, and some other word meaning “party”.

Which search below will achieve this?

Review articles will save you a lot of time and effort.

From the list below, select the journals that were mentioned in the book.

You are writing an academic article about the “casualisation” of work. You find a compelling argument in Wikipedia that you cannot find elsewhere.

Can this be cited?

You are writing an article about the effects of fossil fuels on global warming. You find a 40 page, well referenced report by Greenpeace on the subject.

Is this a credible source of information?

You want to demonstrate that monetary policy affects market sentiment. You find an editorial in the Financial Times describing the effect of monetary policy on market sentiment.

Is this a credible source of information?

Visit the Birkbeck Library eJournals site.

How would you get access an article published in the “Journal of Wine Economics”?

Click the correct portal below.

The book discussed a method for “finding” the published literature on a subject.

Put the steps in order from first to fourth