1. Effective Research & Resources Mrs. Bastone, Head of Learning Resources Autumn 2015

2. Science Independent Drugs project Explanation or description of the key terms Information from the A2 Human Biology textbook Information from another source for A level students Extra information from a source which is not designed for A Level students References- use the Harvard referencing system

3. Science Independent Projects – a few tips Start with an outline of your intentions Develop your ideas through sustained and focused investigations – investigate specialist resources Demonstrate and develop analytical and critical understanding by reading differing opinions Use examples (and cite them) in your work Take good notes and keep them organised – avoid plagiarism Record all your sources in bibliography

4. QUESTIONS What’s my topic? What do I know already? What do I need to find out? Where can I look? What’s my search strategy? What’s my goal? Use the QUICK steps The right keywords will narrow your search

5. IDENTIFY RESOURCES Not just Google and Wikipedia! Find your subject section in the LRC – there are lots of good books and online resources Do some searches in Oliver using your keywords LVS Netvibes page – General & Science tabs

6. Brainstorm your keywords/phrases first Think about putting words/phrases together or leaving them out – use AND, OR, NOT Try Google Advanced – restrict your search to a type of site: uk, gov, org, ac, edu AND to a date/s Use speech marks if you want an exact phrase Big, Powerful and Useful BUT Commercial – sponsored links at the top – businesses pay for name at top Unchecked/untested/often unattributable Can be out of date So, use it wisely

7. Use Wikipedia with care Not necessarily reliable – anyone can edit Unattributable – you need to record source BUT look at: External links Notes References to original material Wikipedia itself is not acceptable as a source – try Credo!

8. Digital literacy Being able to make careful, sceptical and savvy judgements about internet content Being able to identify outright lies, scams, hoaxes, conspiracy theories, selective half- truths and mistakes Knowing how to discriminate the good, reliable, trustworthy or useful information from the bad Being able to recognise bias and propaganda

9. Questions to ask: Who has written this site? Is the site up to date ? When was it last updated ? Is the site biased in any way ? Can the information be checked? Is it relevant to me?

10. Using LVS Resources Start with OliverOliver Then try an alternate provider

11. Credo Reference – the reliable Wikipedia!

12. LVS netvibes online resources Credo Reference – the reliable Wikipedia! Science tab

13. Plagiarism: what is it and why should I avoid it? © Oxford English Dictionary: “to take and use as one’s own the thoughts, writings or inventions of another”. Don’t copy someone else’s work and use it as your own Do paraphrase, quote etc. Do make notes from a variety of sources Do record all your sources Ofqual guide “Using Sources” – download from LVSpace

14. Bibliographies and Referencing You must keep a record of ALL your sources, including images, to avoid Plagiarism Various referencing styles Most subjects use Harvard based system Useful book: Palgrave’s Cite them Right Guides & templates on LVSpace

15. Citations in the text In-text citations usually list either the name of the publication or the author of the work. Here are examples: ‘Inspiring a generation?’ (Fact File, 2014, p142) From your textbook : As earlier identified (Roberts, Ian (2001) Or from a website: The latest study of health professionals (http://ww.onlinehealthsurvey.org, 2009) reveals that....http://ww.onlinehealthsurvey.org If you cite in the text you need to put the full details of the resource in your Bibliography

16. Bibliographies A bibliography is a list of your sources at the end of your work It is arranged in alphabetical order by last name of author There is a specific order for different types of resource

17. References - books Author Year of publication (in round brackets) Title (in italics) Edition (only if it is not the 1 st ) Place of publication: publisher

18. References - Journals Author (surname followed by initials) Year of publication (in round brackets) Title of article in quotation marks Title of journal (in italics) Volume number (in italics) Issue (in round brackets): page numbers

19. References – websites Author Year the site was published/last updated (in round brackets) Title of internet site (in italics) The website address (url) Date of access

20. Please ask at the LRC for further help or individual tutorials This presentation and lots of other useful guides and templates can be found on LVSpace: (School/LRC/Study Stuff to Download)