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?