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Research Tools

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Library WIKI Home Elementary Middle High LIBRARY Catalogue Research Reference Web 2.0 Teachers

 

 

 

The Research Process in Six Steps

 

Define

What do I want to know? 

What is the problem to solve?

Locate

Where can I find the information that I need?  What sources do I need?

 

Essential Questions

 

 

 

Internet Searching Challenges

 

Select

Which information best suits my needs? 

Is the information relevant and credible?

Organise/Synthesise

Am I effectively combining information from all of my sources? 

Is the information organised?  Is the writing in my own words?

Skimming practice

 

Scanning practice

 

Notemaking

 

Notetaking guidelines

 

Evaluating Web Sites (information)

Evaluating Web Sites (practice)

 

Journals - Scholarly or Popular?

 

 

Writing an A+ Paper (general guidelines)

 

Creating an Outline

 

Paraphrasing

Basics

Practice

 

Present

Who is my audience? 

What is the most effective way to present my findings? 

Are my sources cited correctly?

Assess/Evaluate

Did I find the necessary information? 

Did I solve the problem or answer the question?

Did I do my best work?  How could I improve for next time?

Noodletools

 

Colour-coded MLA citations

Colour-coded MLA citations (extensive)

MLA Guide on OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue

MLA guide 2012.pdf

 

Drag and Drop MLA Citation Quiz

 

Another MLA Citation Quiz!

 

 

          Footnotes              Endnotes     

First and subsequent footnotes and endnotes      

 

Bibliography and In-Text Citations example

 

Hacker-Orlov MLA SAMPLE PAPER

 

Formatting Your Research Paper

 

  
   

Plagiarism and Copyright

 

Plagiarism Tutorial
Avoiding Plagiarism 1pg.doc

Is it Plagiarism? What needs to be cited?

 Quiz: Plagiarism cheater liar thief.doc

Plagiarism Test  Gr 9 - 12

Plagiarism Test Gr 6 - 8

Fair Use Tutorial

Check your paper for plagiarism!

 

 Writing Papers
A+Writing
Formatting your Research Paper

 

 

 

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