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- 1. RESEARCH What does theprefix “re” mean? Do it again! So what do we do with the “search”? Search and Search Again!
- 2. RESEARCH ORGANIZER ROW YOURWAY TO BETTER GRADES! Name ______________________________ Class ______________________________ Teacher ____________________________ Today’s Date ________________________ Assignment Due Date _________________ Focus on the information needed Investigate resources for information Note and evaluate information Develop information into knowledge Score your presentation and research process
- 3. FOCUS on theinformation needed. 1. I need to find out about: __________________________________ I will find my information in: ___ books ___ online databases ___ web sites ___ other 2. I need to focus on the following questions to find my information: ___ Who ___ Where ___ All ___ What ___ How ___ Other ___ When ___ Why 3. The kind of information I need to find to answer the question is: ___ general facts ___ statistics ___ details ___ criticism ___ opinions ___ graphics 4. I need to focus on the following key words in my search to find information: _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ 5. I can focus on the following search strategies to help me find information: Books: Use Athena to find books in the library; Use the Index in the book to find your specific information Computers: Use school-offered databases before search engines for some subjects; Use “” around multi-word subjects to narrow search results, ex. (“circulation system”); Use + between words that you need to link but don’t need to be together, ex. (Greece + Olympics)
- 4. INVESTIGATE and exploreresources for the answers to your questions. 1. Which are the best sources of information to investigate for my answers? ___ almanac ___ encyclopedia ___ atlas ___ newspaper ___ books ___ online databases ___ www sites ___ magazine articles 2. Where will I investigate and explore these sources? ___ classroom ___ school library ___ home ___ public library 3. Which online databases and/or CMMS sites will I use to investigate and explore my information? ___ Answers.com ___ CultureGrams ___ Cumbre ___ E-book Reference Library ___ Grolier Online ___ Infotrac ___ K-12 Teaching & Learning Center ___ Learn NC ___ NC WiseOwl ___ NoveList ___ Scribner Writers Series ___ SIRS Decades ___ United Streaming 4. Which search engines will I use to investigate and explore my information? ___ alltheweb ___ hotbot ___ altavista ___ kanoodle ___ ask ___ lycos ___dogpile ___ metacrawler ___excite ___ raging ___google ___ yahoo
- 5. NOTE and evaluatefacts and ideas found to answer the questions. 1. How will I know the information is: accurate? (same info found in 2 sources) current? (date of information) relevant? (written by an “expert”) 2. I will note the information I find on: ___ chart ___ graphics ___ database ___ note cards ___ digital note cards ___ outline ___ graphic organizer ___ spreadsheet 3. I will avoid plagiarizing in my notes by: ___ quoting direct text ___ properly paraphrasing ___ crediting ideas, opinions, theories, facts, statistics, graphs, drawings 4. I will need to use this format to note the sources I use: ___ MLA citation ___ Bibliography/Works Cited page ___ other _________________________ 5. I will need to note the following information for each source I use: ___ author’s name ___ title of book, article, or Web page ___ title of magazine or newspaper ___ date of book, Web page, magazine, or newspaper ___ volume/issue number ___ page number(s) ___ place of publication ___ name of publisher ___ URL (web page address) ___ other _________________________
- 6. DEVELOP information intoa presentation. 1. I will present my information by: ___ bookmark ___ poem ___ brochure ___ poster ___ debate ___ Power Point ___ display ___ skit/play ___ graph/chart ___ speech ___ mural ___ timeline ___ music ___ video/DVD ___ paper ___ Web page ___ picture ___ other _________ 2. I will need the following materials and/or equipment for my presentation: _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Other Important Information:
- 7. SCORE your presentationand your research process. FINDS is a product of The Florida Department of Education, Library Media Services Office & The Florida SUNLINK Project. Go to: http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/finds/ for online tools that support FINDS.
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- 9. RR stands for:standsfor: Read it one sentence or paragraph at a time. Don’t pick up a pen or pencil!
- 10. AA stands for:standsfor: Ask yourself: “What is important?” “What are the facts?”
- 11. PP stands for:standsfor: Put it in your own words. Think about how you could say this
- 12. NN stands for:standsfor: Note it down! Now pick up your pen or pencil. No complete sentences No punctuation Not for anyone to understand but you!