1. Follow Steps to Research Success Plagiarism (using someone else’s work & calling it your own) is no different than CHEATING on a test.

2. First, let’s take a look at the Holly Shelter Middle School Research Model! Research Model

4. Step 1: Questioning What is my topic? Lighthouses What do I already know? What do I want to find out or Learn? K WL Chart What do I Know?What do I Want to Know? What did I Learn? To be answered in Step 6: Evaluating

5. Step 2: Gathering Types of Different Sources: PrintNonPrint *Books*Websites *Magazines*Interviews *Encyclopedias*Online Databases *Newspapers*Audio (music/podcasts) *Media (film/videos)

6. Step 2: Assess the Sources…be a Web Detective! How Gullible are You??? You should be careful when using the Internet for Sources. The Truth is out there….but so is the LIE!! Let’s Find Out How to Evaluate/Assess Web Resources

7. Step 2-Last Task… How do you record the bibliographic information? PrintNonPrint *Title *Author * Publisher *Publishing City *Copyright Date *Page #’s used **LOOK ON THE TITLE PAGE FOR THIS INFORMATION!! Different types of Nonprint sources require different information needed for documentation. Use Citation Maker on NC WiseOwl to help guide you…. CITATION MAKER

8. Step 3: Using the Resources Read Hear View Touch

9. Step 3: Extracting information & taking notes! Keep your source information & your notes together. Look at the example: Print Source: Title: The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Sentinel of the Shoals Author: Dawson Carr Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publishing City: Chapel Hill Copyright Date: 1991 Notes: Page 11- Warnings from the lighthouses provided the only hope for sailors who had unreliable maps and inaccurate instruments. Page 24- In 1774 the Cape Hatteras lighthouse was just an idea for Alexander Hamilton.

10. NonPrint Source: Website Title: National Park ServiceNational Park Service Last Updated: Sept. 7, 2010 Date Accessed: Oct. 5, 2010 URL: http://www.nps.gov/calo/ Notes: A lighthouse can be identified by its daymark (painted pattern) or by its light flash pattern. Cape Lookout Lighthouse has a diagonal checker pattern and a single short flash of light every fifteen seconds.

11. It is Time to Test Your Research Skills by using the GowerResearch 101 WIKI!! Work through each Station on the Wiki using your Research Packet to earn your Level 1 Research Certificate!