1. Searching for Information Intro to Research Part 2

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

3. What are the best places to search? Depends on what you’re looking for! Type Quantity Quality

4. Looking for Books: InfoCentre eBooks Southgate Public Library

5. Looking for Articles and Data: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center CQResearcher MeL Databases

6. What about the World Wide Web? Try NetTrekker!NetTrekker Quality resources Controlled reading difficulty Read aloud feature

7. What about Wikipedia? Great place to find key words! Check comments about the article: needs references, etc. Great place to find other links

8. 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 email, personal search history, web-based documents, and more

9. Next Time I’ve Found Some Information, Now What?