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The BIG Six Are you ready for some research? Excerpts from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin Research Guide. Copyright 2004 Holly Samuels All Rights Reserved
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1. TASK DEFINITION What do I have to do or find out? What final product are you expected to present? Does it have to be a certain length? What is the topic? What is the due date? What information do I need to get started? What are the key words or phrases I can use? What questions do I want to answer? What kinds of information will I be searching for? How am I required to cite the resources I will use?
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Asking Good Questions Ask Factual Questions Assume your reader knows nothing about your subject. Ask Interpretive Questions: Hypothetical: How would things be different today…? Prediction: What will happen if…? Solution: What can be done to…? Comparison: What is the difference between…? Judgment: What are the major causes of…?
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2. Information Seeking Strategies What sources can I use? Which sources are the best for me to use? booksmagazine articlesNewspaper articles maps or atlasesExpert peoplesite visits TV showsradio showssound recordings video recordingselectronic databaseswebsites
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3. Location and Access Where do I go to find these sources? How can I find what I need in these places? Who can help me? How do I find the information I need within the sources? Table of contents, index, etc.
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4. Use of Information What information does the source give me? Can I understand the information? What information can I use? How will I get the information out of the source? (notetaking, photcopying, printing, vidoetaping, tape recording, interviewing, photographing, scanning, drawing) Does the information give me any other key words that I can use to lead me to other information? Am I ready to start putting a draft of my project together?
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Using index cards Put all of the information you will need about each of the sources you use. One index card for each. They will help you: 1. Identify the sources of quotations and ideas you used. 2. Find the sources again if needed. 3. Make sure you cite your work.
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Record #______ Author(s) ____________________________________________________________ Title of book, encyclopedia, magazine or newspaper___________________ ____________________________________________________________ Title of article within encyclopedia, magazine or newspaper_____________ ____________________________________________________________ Volume #_______ Page #s____________ Copyright Date______________ Publishing Company ___________________________________________ Publication___________________________
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5. Putting it All Together How can I put all of the information together to present what I have learned? Paper? Poster? Oral presentation? DVD? What materials do I need? Allow plenty of time to make a rough draft, edits and a final copy.
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Now What? Write your thesis statement : look at the information youve collected and decide what kind of statement you have enough evidence to support. Make an outline: it will help you stay on track, see if you have enough material and figure out the order of your subtopics. Write the body: look at your outline and your notecards Cite your sources: direct quotations, paraphrased quotations, statistical data, images, song lyrics, original ideas attributed to someone else. Write your introduction and conclusion: they should be similar.
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6. Evaluation Is this paper any good? Is my task finished? Review your assignment sheet How did I do? Correct spelling Neatness Logical order, nothing missing Borrowed material properly cited Your thesis statement has been supported You have a title page (title, your name, class, date, teachers name) Are you turning it on time?
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Youre Done! You can applaud now…..
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