6 TH GRADE SCIENCE FAIR: RESEARCHING WITH NON-FICTION BOOKS.

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6 TH GRADE SCIENCE FAIR: RESEARCHING WITH NON-FICTION BOOKS

BRAINSTORM KEYWORDS TOPIC EXAMPLE – Tornadoes KEYWORDS: Tornado Natural Disasters Weather Tornado Alley

SEARCHING THE LIBRARY CATALOG Waldwick School Library Waldwick Public Library

CITATION INFORMATION Fill-in the following information about the non-fiction book you select. Author Title Place of Publication Publisher Year of Publication Medium of Publication: PRINT

NOTE TAKING Notes are not full sentences. Notes are fact fragments. Paraphrase your fact fragments during the final writing process.

STEPS 1. Identify a non-fiction book source. 2. Fill-in the book’s citation information. 3. Create a citation in MLA format. 4. Take notes!

Search for research books!