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Understanding Academic Research: Terms and Concepts, Quizzes of Psychology

Definitions for key terms related to academic research, including scholarly journals, url, peer review, search engines, proprietary databases, and research proposals.

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TERM 1
journal
DEFINITION 1
scholarly magazine devoted to research in a particular
academic discipline
TERM 2
URL
DEFINITION 2
uniform resource locator, a web address
TERM 3
peer review
DEFINITION 3
a prepublication process in which work submitted for
publication is evaluated for quality by other experts in the
field
TERM 4
search engine
DEFINITION 4
a specialized program that searches the web for documents
matching keywords
TERM 5
proprietary
DEFINITION 5
privately owned and accessible only by permission, usually
for a fee
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TERM 1

journal

DEFINITION 1

scholarly magazine devoted to research in a particular

academic discipline

TERM 2

URL

DEFINITION 2

uniform resource locator, a web address

TERM 3

peer review

DEFINITION 3

a prepublication process in which work submitted for

publication is evaluated for quality by other experts in the

field

TERM 4

search engine

DEFINITION 4

a specialized program that searches the web for documents

matching keywords

TERM 5

proprietary

DEFINITION 5

privately owned and accessible only by permission, usually

for a fee

TERM 6

psychINFO

DEFINITION 6

APA sponsored database

TERM 7

proposal

DEFINITION 7

preliminary statement outlining the literature review,

statement of the problem, research design, and expected

results and their significance