1. The document provides tips for effective research, including thinking about your research question before searching, looking beyond basic search engines to specialized databases, and starting your search broadly before narrowing your results. 2. It recommends techniques for narrowing search results like using advanced search options, Boolean operators, and evaluating sources using criteria like currency, relevance, authority and purpose. 3. The document also suggests finding primary sources from places like the National Archives and Library of Congress, citing sources as you conduct research, and utilizing specialized research databases available through the PRHS Library.

1. 1. Think Before You Search Where are you going? Define the task What is the research question? NoodleTools can help Photo by Brian Hillegas, Creative Commons on flickr

2. 2. Look Beyond Google Sweet Search Sweet Search 4 Me Google Scholar Library of Congress Preselected Sites PRHS Library databases Save research time Photo By The U.S. Army (Searching for opposing forces) via Wikimedia Commons

3. 3. Start Broad Understand this… Uncertainty Research is a process Research requires deep thinking (Nicholas Carr) Use nouns (keywords) Teach an actual method like The Big 6 Photo by SerGe's Insanity Creative Commons on flickr

4. 4. Narrow Results Narrow, broaden, find related terms Advanced search options “phrase searching” Boolean searching (+) Wildcard* Natural language Photo by danorth1 Creative Commons on flickr

5. 5. Dig Deep Wikipedia (external links) Google Rankings .com sites purpose The deep web Effective research skills need to be reinforced over time Photo by NOAA, Ocean Explorer (Operation Deep Scope) Creative Commons on flickr

6. 6. Evaluate Sources CRAAP Test (CAARP) Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose CARRDSS Test Who, when, and why? What are my needs? Photo by Heptagon via Wikimedia Commons

7. 7. Find Primary Sources Primary vs. Secondary sources National Archives Library of Congress EBSCO (Kids Search and Student Research Center) Photo by Rosie O'Beirne Creative Commons on flickr

8. 8. Cite Sources As you find resources cite them Bibliography (Works Consulted) vs. Works Cited NoodleBib Plagiarism (unintentional) Photo by amypalko Creative Commons on flickr

9. 9. Utilize PRHS Library Databases prhslibrary.com “Database Passwords” lavalamp EBSCO Grolier (under encyclopedias) Newsbank The Record Enterprise

10. 10. Google Docs Access your documents from anywhere Collaborate with other Google users MLA Format: headings, margins, and other guidelines