Research Research Project Bukowski & McKnight

How will research help you? Buying a phone Buying new sneakers Buying a car Going on vacation Health information Choosing where to go to college

Essential Questions Topic 1: What sources are available for researching a topic? Topic 2: How do I evaluate a website? Topic 3: How do I properly document paraphrases/quotes using an in-text citation? Topic 4: How do I use EasyBib to create an MLA Works Cited page?

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Topic 1:What sources are available for researching a topic? Where can I find information? Need to use two to three sources of information Approximately three to four pages

Source: Book

Source: UDLib/SEARCH From Home: Username: udlibsearch Password: homeaccess

Source: Websites

Topic 2: How do I evaluate a website?

CRAAP Website Evaluation What 5 Questions Should You Ask Yourself ? C URRENCY: What is the currency ? When was the information published or last updated ? R ELEVANCE: What is the relevance ? Does the information answer your research question ? Does the information meet the stated requirements of the assignment? A UTHORITY: What is the authority ? Who is the author, what are the author’s credentials ? Is the author affiliated with an educational institution or prominent organization? A CCURACY: What is the accuracy ? Are there sources cited for information? Are there errors in spelling, punctuation, or grammar? P URPOSE: What is the purpose ? Is the author’s purpose to sell, persuade, entertain, or inform ? Is it fact or opinion ? Is there an obvious bias or prejudice ? "Evaluating Information." Gettysburg College. Gettysburg College Musselman Library, Aug Web. 01 Jan

CRAAP Rubric

Web Domain Names Examples are:.com.edu.gov.org What is a web domain name? A domain name locates an organization or other entity on the Internet. The end part of the domain name reflects the purpose of the organization or entity.

Google Search: Martin Luther King, 1 st 4 results

Who is Stormfront?

Flyers to bring to school?

Is everything on the Internet true? How would you know? –Use the CRAAP test: currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. –Critical thinking skills, question what you read –Check multiple reliable sources, web and/or print

Wikipedia –good for research? Why? Why not? Background Knowledge – before you start to research

Wikipedia Reference Links:

What is Plagiarism? Notecards Topic 3: How do I properly document paraphrases/quotes using an in-text citation?

What do you know about plagiarism? Definition: “Using some or all of somebody’s work or idea, and saying that you created it.” Whose Is it, Anyway? Common Sense Media. 1 Jan

Show Video: Plagiarism: How to avoid it

What do you think? Original Passage At the start of the Great Depression, many Americans wanted to believe that the hard times would be only temporary. Plagiarism or Not? At the beginning of the Great Depression, a lot of Americans wanted to think that the hard times would be only temporary. Kardick, Maria. Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing ReadWriteThink. 3 Jan copyright-paraphrasing-1062.html. copyright-paraphrasing-1062.html

How can you use someone else’s words or ideas? Direct quote When you use quotation marks around the words you quote and give credit to the author.

How can you use someone else’s words or ideas? Paraphrase When you use someone’s ideas or words to help you say something in your own words and give credit to the author.

After paraphrasing all sources, a good paper should integrate Information. What does this include? Connecting to previous knowledge Summarizing important ideas Integrating research Drawing conclusions Creating new knowledge Creating new understandings Questioning for further research

MLA In-Text Citations are called parenthetical citations Need: *Author's last name Page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken. * It must match the Works Cited page.

MLA In-Text Citations are called parenthetical citation For Websites Need: *Author's last name *Shortened version of title * It must match the Works Cited page.

MLA Article on a Website "Article on a Website." MLA Style for Electronic Sources. Valencia College, 14 Mar Web. 05 Mar

MLA Website without an Editor “Entire Website." MLA Style for Electronic Sources. Valencia College, 14 Mar Web. 05 Mar

MLA Database: SIRS Researcher “Entire Website." MLA Style for Electronic Sources. Valencia College, 2 Nov Web. 24 March

Topic 4: How do I use EasyBib to create an MLA Works Cited page? How do I create my citations? Let’s start your Works Cited page

What is a Works Cited page?

EasyBib

EasyBib Export When you have all your sources listed

Works Cited page

Show Sources Let’s look at some possible sources