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Research: Selecting Resources

VA SOL 6. 9 The student will find, evaluate, and select appropriate resources for a research product. Research: Selecting Resources.

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Research: Selecting Resources

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  1. VA SOL 6. 9 The student will find, evaluate, and select appropriate resources for a research product. Research: Selecting Resources • Objective: Using the computer lab, sixth grade students will independently identify at least three appropriate digital resources for use in the school and future workplace. Erin Ruxer Hagedorn roxxy@vt.edu End Next Menu

  2. Getting Started Writing research projects and papers are essential learning experiences in every student life. You are taking first steps towards learning to do research and writing a successful and meaningful paper. Throughout this lesson, you will look closer at available resources, along with selecting and citing resources. End Next Last Home Menu

  3. Part 1: Identifying Sources Main Menu & Table of Contents Part 2: Locating Sources Part 3: Citing Sources Part 4: Unit Review End Next Last Home Menu

  4. Part 1: Identifying Sources Familiarize yourself with different types of sources available (books, newspapers, academic journals, websites, etc.) Click the Stars to View Possible Resources End Next Last Home Menu

  5. Part 1: Identifying Sources Hardcopy References Encyclopedia Atlas Almanac Dictionary Thesaurus Magazines Newspapers End Next Last Home Menu

  6. Part 1: Identifying Sources But what is a reference book? End Next Last Home Menu

  7. Part 1: Identifying Sources Encyclopedia • Includes information on a wide range of topics or subjects • Arranged in alphabetical order by subject End Next Last Home Menu

  8. Part 1: Identifying Sources Atlas • A bound collection of all types of maps of the world, a country, or state End Next Last Home Menu

  9. Part 1: Identifying Sources World Almanac • A yearly calendar providing a wide variety of information on the times of certain events • Dates of holidays • Rising and setting of sun and moon • Range of important events End Next Last Home Menu

  10. Part 1: Identifying Sources Newspapers/Magazines • Many cities in America publish daily newspapers (Ex: The Abbeville Meridional) and • Magazines (Ex: Newsweek) are available on almost any subject • Newspapers and magazines are referred to as periodicals because they are published on a regular basis End Next Last Home Menu

  11. Part 1: Identifying Sources Dictionary • Spellings • Definitions • Pronunciation • Parts of speech • An unabridged dictionary also gives the origin of the word End Next Last Home Menu

  12. Part 1: Identifying Sources Digital Resources For this project, we will focus on digital resources, including digital journals, books, websites, and databases. End Next Last Home Menu

  13. Digital Resources can be found using search engines and databases. • The internet offers the BEST information on MANY topics. • The internet offers the WORST information on MOST topics. • You can use internet resources for research papers, but you have to be careful. Part 2: Locating Sources End Next Last Home Menu

  14. Digital resources must be evaluated to determine whether it can be a trusted resource because all websites and databases are not equal. • You can automatically rule out: • Wikipedia • Myspace • Geocities • Blogs • Friendster • Personal sites Part 2: Locating Sources End Next Last Home Menu

  15. Part 2: Locating Sources To learn about evaluating websites, click the video below. End Next Last Home Menu

  16. Part 2: Locating Sources To Review You must look closely at website to see: Date Last Updated Outdated websites may not provide the best information. Contact Information Contact information should always be provided. Author Information Author information should always be provided. End Next Last Home Menu

  17. Part 2: Locating Sources Check Website Location Different domain hosts provide different information .com: commercial site that can be created by anyone with the money and know-how .net: similar to .com .org:usually signifies a non-profit .edu: educational site .gov: government site .mil: military site .edu, .org and .gov are the most credible sites. End Next Last Home Menu

  18. Part 3: Citing Sources Why Cite? To learn more click video. In this section you will learn how to cite information sources. End Next Last Home Menu

  19. After you’ve decided how to use the information, it’s time to give proper credit to the outside source. You must cite sources within your paper and at the end of your paper whenever • You summarize, paraphrase or quote an idea. • You use charts, graphs, photos, or any artwork. • You are using facts, statistics, evidence, or data. WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE IT! Part 3: Citing Sources End Next Last Home Menu

  20. What to Include? • Many styles, but information must include • Author • Title of work • Where it appeared (journal, newspaper, Internet) • Name of publication • Date of work, date of publication • Page number • For book: Name of publisher, City of publication Part 3: Citing Sources End Next Last Home Menu

  21. Books • Stephen Kotkin, Steeltown USSR (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), p. 208. Name of book in italics Worldwatch Institute, State of the World 1991 (New York: W.W. Norton, 1991), Table 6-1, p. 96. Part 3: Citing Sources End Next Last Home Menu

  22. Articles in a Journal Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “Nuclear Learning and US-Soviet Security Regimes,” International Organization 41 (Summer 1987), p. 4. Name of journal in italics Title of article in quotes Ivan T. Boskov, “Russian Foreign Policy Motivations,” MEMO, No. 4 (April 1993) Part 3: Citing Sources End Next Last Home Menu

  23. Magazines & Newspapers Felicity Barringer, “Chernobyl, Five Years Later the Danger Persists,” New York Times Magazine, April 14, 1991, pp. 28, 32. Reuters, “Iraq Asks UN to Ease Hardships, Lift Sanctions,” Lost Angeles Times, February 9, 1993, p. A9. Part 3: Citing Sources End Next Last Home Menu

  24. Digital Sources Web site “Strutktura,” SRIAR Website, <http://www.niiar.simbirsk.su/rus/rstruct.htm. Print publication on Web Astrid Forland, “Norway’s Nuclear Odyssey,” Nonproliferation Review 4 (Winter 1997), <http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/npr/forland.htm>. Online periodical Svetlana Dobrynina, “Prodayetsyakvartiradlyamirnogoatoma,” Nezavisimayagazeta online edition, July 24, 1999, <http://home.eastview.com/news/ng/>. Part 3: Citing Sources End Next Last Home Menu

  25. Works Cited Page • Always, follow the format given by your teacher (MLA or APA style) and keep it by your side while typing this section of your paper. • This should be easy being you have all your citations at the top of your notes  • This is done alphabetically by author (or website or organization), single space with double space between each citation. Part 3: Citing Sources End Next Last Home Menu

  26. Which source would be used to learn to pronounce a word? Part 4: Unit Review • Thesaurus • Dictionary • Almanac • Encyclopedia End Next Last Home Menu

  27. Your family is driving to Boston, Massachusetts, this summer. Where would you look to find out how long the drive will be? Part 4: Unit Review • Globe • U.S. Atlas • Encyclopedia • Geography book End Next Last Home Menu

  28. John wants to find out which football team won the Rose Bowl in 1992. What resource would help him find this information? Part 4: Unit Review • Dictionary • The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature • The World Almanac • An Atlas End Next Last Home Menu

  29. Jamal is reading a book about dinosaurs. Where should he look to find the definition of a word he doesn’t know? Part 4: Unit Review • Title page • Table of contents • Index • Glossary End Next Last Home Menu

  30. Which of the following is an annual publication with a calendar for the year? Part 4: Unit Review • Atlas • Almanac • Thesaurus • Dictionary End Next Last Home Menu

  31. What question can Anna answer using a thesaurus? Part 4: Unit Review • What is the capital of Maine? • What words means the same as funny? • What do bears do when they hibernate? • Does it ever snow in Spain? End Next Last Home Menu

  32. In which of these resources would you find a listing of major earthquakes during the last century? Part 4: Unit Review • Almanac • Thesaurus • Dictionary • Encyclopedia End Next Last Home Menu

  33. Which resource would contain information on the development of electricity? Part 4: Unit Review • Atlas • Almanac • Dictionary • Encyclopedia End Next Last Home Menu

  34. Which would be the best source for info about the years Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was alive? Part 4: Unit Review • Atlas • Thesaurus • Dictionary • Encyclopedia End Next Last Home Menu

  35. Where would you find a brief summary of Abraham Lincoln’s life? Part 4: Unit Review • Atlas • Thesaurus • Dictionary • Encyclopedia End Next Last Home Menu

  36. Congratulations!! You have completed this unit! End Next Last Home Menu

  37. Sources Purdue University Online Writing Lab website, http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html End Last Home Menu

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