Searching for Information Intro to Research Part 2.

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Searching for Information Intro to Research Part 2

Review Develop a list of key words related to your topic Keep a journal of search successes and failures Save all your work in one place, both physically and electronically

What are the best places to search? Depends on what you’re looking for! Type Quantity Quality

Looking for Books: InfoCentre eBooks Southgate Public Library

Looking for Articles and Data: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center CQResearcher MeL Databases

What about the World Wide Web? Try NetTrekker!NetTrekker Quality resources Controlled reading difficulty Read aloud feature

What about Wikipedia? Great place to find key words! Check comments about the article: needs references, etc. Great place to find other links

What about Google? Try the Advanced Search (including Topic-Specific Searches: Book Search, Google Scholar, U.S. Government)Advanced Search Sign up for a free Google account for , personal search history, web-based documents, and more

Next Time I’ve Found Some Information, Now What?