This document provides information on resources for research such as Galileo, Google, and Wikipedia and how to evaluate sources. It discusses: - Galileo as a database paid for by taxes that searches many databases and contains academic journal articles for high school and college research. - How to search Galileo using advanced search, clicking "Full Text", and narrowing searches. - The CRAAP test for evaluating websites and articles based on their currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. - Tips for searching Google effectively such as using quotation marks for exact phrases, a minus sign to exclude words, and site operators to limit to specific sites.

1. Resources:
GALILEO? Google? Wikipedia?
What to use. When? Why? How?

2. • Paid for by your taxes
• A large database the searches many databases at
once
• Academic Journal Articles appropriate for high
school and college level research
• What are Academic Journal Articles?

3. GALILEO
• Use Advanced Search at all times
• Be sure to click the “Full Text” box
• Narrow by keywords, specific dates, publications

4. • www.jhslibrary.com
• Use Research Tab
• Academic Search Complete
• Advanced Placement Source
• Literary Reference Center

5. Evaluating Sources: Don’t end
up with a bunch of CRAAP!

6. Why Evaluate Websites/Articles?
Anyone can publish
on the Internet.
Little control.
No reviewers.
Content over
quality.
Not updated.

7. Looking for Info on the Web
• Can be overwhelming!
• How do you know if it’s accurate and
trustworthy?
• You have to decide for yourself so use the
CRAAP test to help.

8. The WHAT test?!
• The CRAAP Test is a list of questions to
determine if the information you have is reliable.
• It is not static or complete.
• Different criteria will be more or less important
depending on your situation or need.

9. Currency: The timeliness of the
web page.
• Look for a date
• No date? Be suspicious!
• Information changes quickly
• http://www.breastcancer.org/
• http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/c

10. Relevance: The uniqueness of the
content and its importance for your
needs.
• It’s NOT about
how much
information you
find
• It’s more
important that
you choose what
you need
• Be selective

11. Relevance Example
• TOPIC: Choose a social issue that effects day to
day life of a teen
▫ Thesis: One of the greatest threats to the
modern teenager is the problem of obesity and
the seemingly endless fight to live a healthy
life.

12. Authority: The source of the web
page.
• Know the author/organization
• Use the web to look up credentials

13. Accuracy: The reliability,
truthfulness, and correctness of the
informational content.
• Check for links, a Works Cited list, a
Bibliography – does this lead to credible
sources?
• Bias

14. Purpose: The reason the website
exists and for what audience.
• Who is the site for and why was it created

15. What does your “gut” tell you?
• When considering if your website is a good source don’t
forget the simple Gut Test– your first impression after
skimming a site’s homepage or content .
• Think about whether you are the victim of spoof, fraud, or
other falsehood.
• If on your first viewing a site seems…
biased or advocating a particular agenda
factually wrong or treating opinion as fact
Full of spelling or grammatical errors
kooky, warped, crazy, sick, depraved, or just plain old
wrong

17. How Google works
• BEFORE you search:
“Crawls” pages on the public web
Copies text & images, builds database
• WHEN you search:
Automatically ranks pages in your results
▫ Word occurrence and location on page
▫ Popularity - a link to a page is a vote for it
▫ ~ 200 factors in all!

18. Each search term (word) is like a
bead on a string…
What
percentage
of
high
school
students
go
to
college?

19. Limit your searches to
5 words or less

20. Searching Google
• Think “full text” = be specific
war of 1812 economic causes vs. history
• Use academic & professional terms
domestic architecture vs. houses
genome society
gets International Mammalian Genome Society
also try combinations with
association, research center, institute,
directory, database

21. Tip One
• Use Quotation Marks…
▫ “French Restoration”
▫ “human rights”
▫ “affirmative action”
• …to look for an exact phrase.

22. Tip Two
• Use a minus sign (-)
▫ Vikings -Minnesota
• …to exclude words from your search.

23. Tip Three
• Use a site operator
▫ site:edu
▫ site:gov
• …to limit a search to websites by certain groups.

24. On the results page
• Search box (use to modify)
• “Cache”
• “Related pages”
• “Translate this page”

25. Do NOT type in questions!
Limit your search to
CAREFULLY chosen words

26. An EASY way to cite AND
take notes!

27. 2. Register and
create an account
with EasyBib
3. Or register with
an existing third
party service
1. Click the
register link
Register at school first to create a premium account,
save your work, and access it from anywhere!

28. Exporting your bibliography
You can export your works cited fully formatted to Word or Google Docs. You can
also copy & paste, e-mail, or create a unique URL to give to a teacher so they can
access your bibliography directly
Sharing and exporting your work is easy

29. Notebook
Create virtual note cards, associate notes with your outline,
and manage your notes in list format
Access the notebook from the account management page or by
clicking the notebook tab

30. Notebook – Creating a New Note
Title your note
Click the “New
note” button or
double click
anywhere within
the note pane
to add a note
Copy & paste a quote
Comment on the note
Associate the note with a
source in your bibliography
Organize your note by putting
it in a group or adding tags
Reword text by paraphrasing in your on
words
Add a page number,
paragraph number, or URL,
to better track information

31. Notebook – Managing virtual notes
Here you can create virtual
notes and arrange them
within the space by
dragging and dropping
With the bird’s-eye-view navigation, you can look
around the entire note space – so there’s plenty of
room for all your information!
Use the
organize button
to add colors to
your notes or
groups, and to
manage tags
Edit by clicking
the edit button
or double
clicking on the
note or group

32. Notebook – Using groups
Group notes by dragging
notes, or groups on top of
one another. Change the
group name by double
clicking it
Double click the group to
expand it. You can add
and remove notes from the
expanded group

33. Notebook – List view
View and manage notes based on groups, tags, sources
associated with notes, or by the date notes were created
Click list view to
see notes in a
more expanded,
scrolling format.
Create and
organize new
notes in this view
as well
Notes created in the list and visualize view are interchangeable

34. Notebook – Creating an outline
Create an outline of your paper as you
takes notes and generate ideas
Use the navigation bar to create and
move bullets. You can also drag and
drop bullets
Drag notes or groups from the notes
pane to the outline to associate notes
with parts of your paper. You can drag
notes and groups both from the
visualize and the list view

35. Notebook – Printing and backing up notes
Click print to export and back up your
notebook. This will open up a webpage
where you can easily copy and paste
your notes and outline