1. 6 TH GRADE SCIENCE FAIR: RESEARCHING WITH NON-FICTION BOOKS

2. BRAINSTORM KEYWORDS TOPIC EXAMPLE – Tornadoes KEYWORDS: Tornado Natural Disasters Weather Tornado Alley

3. SEARCHING THE LIBRARY CATALOG Waldwick School Library http://library.waldwick.k12.nj.us Waldwick Public Library http://www.bccls.org/

4. CITATION INFORMATION Fill-in the following information about the non-fiction book you select. Author Title Place of Publication Publisher Year of Publication Medium of Publication: PRINT

5. NOTE TAKING Notes are not full sentences. Notes are fact fragments. Paraphrase your fact fragments during the final writing process.

6. STEPS 1. Identify a non-fiction book source. 2. Fill-in the book’s citation information. 3. Create a citation in MLA format. 4. Take notes!

7. Search for research books!