1. Research
What is it?

2. PLANNING Choose a topic
Think about the Commonwealth Games. Where will you find information BEST SUITED to your topic.

3. QUESTIONS OPEN- CLOSED
Require a detailed answer and allow for a personal response.
HOW, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHICH
NB: The questions that you have been given are all OPEN questions
CLOSED
Limited to YES or NO
Only use to confirm or negate fact.

4. Prior Knowledge
Remember: when you start researching, your aim is to find out something you didn’t know before. Before you start, remind yourself of what you already know. This is called prior knowledge.

5. What next? Identify keywords to help you know what to look for.
Keyword= 1 the key to a cipher 2 A a word of great significance B an informative word used in an information retrieval system to indicate the content of a document etc (The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1995)
Discuss open and closed questions
Who why which when what where rather than closed yes and no..

6. Keywords and concepts Why Apartheid adopted South Africa reason racism
started
segregation
commenced
made law

7. Activity
By using keywords and synonyms re-write the question in your own words.
Added bonus: write some questions that you can use to find out more….use open questions to delve deeper….

8. SUMMARY
Research : ‘a systematic investigation into and study of ‘stuff’ in order to establish FACTS and reach new CONCLUSIONS’
It is vital to PLAN your research
Ask QUESTIONS to define your KEYWORDS
Open questions – give more detailed responses
Re-write the question so that YOU can UNDERSTAND it 

9. On Line Searching Tools
EPIC and INNZ Databases
Databases containing thousands of articles, essays and reports from around the world.
Many of these have full text available (that means you can read the articles on screen)
You can access these articles by following the link to the Library from the HIBS website and then clicking on the inquiry page or
Username: huttibs
Password: 33hutt
   

10. These data bases are good places to find reliable information:
Britannica Online
Opposing Viewpoints
World History in context
Student resources in context
In particular wold history in context held numerous information on all five topics.

11. Evaluation How do I know that the information I have found is correct?
Websites often contain biased, inaccurate, or incomplete information. The reader must critically evaluate the information found.
Website/Resource Evaluation

12. Take the C.R.A.A.P. test 

13. Take the C.R.A.A.P. Test

15. Plagiarism Star wars Acknowledgement Always acknowledge your source!
To be polite
To respect those who have produced the information
APA (American Psychological Association)
Correct referencing may make or break a grade ;)

16. Bibliography When to cite (acknowledge) a source 
Acknowledge all your sources of information in a bibliography. This is also sometimes referred to as ‘citing’ or ‘referencing’.
All sources (books, internet sites, videos, people, organisations, etc.) should be listed together in alphabetical order (by author’s surname).
Include Author’s surname and initial, title, publisher and place of publication, date published.
The link above is for a site that will help you if you are still confused! Keep the flyer!

17. Activity
Give out APA sheets: plus magazines, books…give them 15 minutes to practice or do together….advise on sites to help (sonofcitationmachine) word reference tool.