1. BASIC GUIDE TO RESEARCH

2. PRINT RESOURCES Less is more Use brief search terms
Try a keyword search first, you will get more results.
DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS TITLE!
Use the index in the back of the book.

3. INTERNET RESOURCES
Internet Resources provide quick and helpful links to information but are they accurate?
Take a look at these two sites
And tell me what you think?

4. A brief essay on the life and work of Jacopo di Poggibonsi
A brief essay on the life and work of Jacopo di Poggibonsi
15th century Artist

5. WIKIPEDIA…….MY OPINION, USE YOUR BEST JUDGEMENT!

6. HOW TO USE INTERNET RESEARCH
Look for sites that end in
.org
.edu
.gov
Always use paid subscription databases if possible!
Jstor
Ebscohost
Facts.com

7. Paid databases contain published and peer reviewed information
Paid Databases vs. Internet Sites
Paid databases contain published and peer reviewed information
Internet sites can be created by anyone with no regulations or attention to details.

8. PLAGIARISM GENERAL RULES WHEN IN DOUBT-CITE IT!
COPY AND PASTING TEXT FROM THE INTERNET OR DATABASES CAN EASILY BE TRACED!!
How can I tell whether I've plagiarized?
You need to cite your source, even if:
you put all direct quotes in quotation marks
you changed the words used by the author into synonyms
you completely paraphrased the ideas to which you referred
your sentence is mostly made up of your own thoughts, but contains a reference to the author's ideas
you mention the author's name in the sentence

9. DON’T BE AFRAID TO USE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES!
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE USING A COMBINATION OF PRINT AND ONLINE RESOURCES.
THE MORE SOURCES YOU FIND, THE MORE YOU SHOW YOUR TEACHER THAT YOU HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH!
GIVE A BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE AS WELL AS A WORKED CITED PAGE!

10. THE LAST RULE OF THUMB
DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11. ANY QUESTIONS?
JUST ASK!!!!!