Transcript For More information - to visit the library website

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What is the assignment?
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What is the essential question?
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What is my hypothesis/thesis statement? (Pre-research / Post-research)
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Brainstorm ideas / begin looking for information and see what develops
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Is there enough information to do justice to my topic?
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Deep Web Search: http://clusty.com can help you narrow your topic
Searching tutorial: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/558/03/
Thesis builder: http://www.tommarch.com/electraguide/
Use Inspiration to create a mind map of possible topics
Graphic organizers: many types available here:
 http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm
 http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
Essential questions: http://janetsinfo.com/ask.htm
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What are the best sources of information for my project?
 Begin by searching the Destiny catalog or LAUSD Digital Library
for resources.
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How will I know if the sources are accurate and authoritative?
Consider:
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Who? Qualification of the author
What? Accuracy of information and coverage
Where? Address, design, and technical quality
When? Currency
Why? Purpose of the information
More information on searching and analyzing sources:
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Information Literacy Tutorial from CalState LA:
http://web.calstatela.edu/library/tutorial/new/map.htm
Search Tutorial from UC Berkeley:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Analyze websites: UC Berkeley interactive form:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
Use this site to learn to recognize an informational website:
http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Librar
y/Evaluate_Web_Pages/Checklist_for_an_Information_Web_Page/5720/
Please visit the following websites.
After perusing each website, take a moment to complete a Google
survey about the site.
Website 1:
http://www.dhmo.org
Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1q8qJrAfGMcBatPaO_Yrq4B9AFxVsW8yh4AHJwoPujI/viewform
Website 2:
http://www.thedogisland.com
Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10P9EKn_rtsLhWGN9yc_49S_EFPSflMJQKRTL2y-3lg/viewform
 Where will I find the best sources?
 How will I access the sources?
 Ask a librarian for help
 Print sources
 Internet
Free web vs. database (called the “deep web” or
“invisible web”)
Use a search engine
when you:
Use databases when
you want:
 Want to go to a specific website
 Newspaper articles
 Have a narrow or unusual topic
or have several keywords
 Magazines/journal articles
 Want to retrieve a large number
of documents for your topic
 Want government information
and forms
 Want to search for particular
types of documents, file types,
languages, etc.
 Are willing to evaluate the web
site’s content!
 Encylopedia articles
 Biographical information
 Published material that has gone
through a review and editing
process, ensuring a greater
likelihood of accuracy and
reliability!
 Write a sentence about your topic
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I want to do my project about some kind of ocean mammal such as
whales or dolphins.
 Pull out key words/ phrases
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Ocean mammal, whales, dolphins
 Expand your list with synonyms and related words
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Ocean-sea-marine
Mammals-arm-blooded animals
Ocean mammal-marine mammal
Dolphins-porpoises
ETC.
 Larger categories:
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Ocean Mammal-ocean life, marine life, mammals, animals
 Smaller categories
 Whales-blue whale, killer whale, humpback whale
 Dolphins-bottle nose dolphin
Now you have a list of terms to begin
searching for information.
 Synonyms and related terms
 Ocean, sea, marine, ocean mammal, marine mammal, whales,
cetaceans, dolphins, porpoises
 Larger Categories
 Ocean life, marine life, mammals, animals
 Smaller Categories
 Blue whale, killer whale, humpback whale, bottle nose dolphin
Use of Information: Extracting what you need
 How will I gather and record the information for
my project?
 How will I give credit to my sources?
 More information on extracting information and
citing sources
 How to paraphrase:
 http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2
.html
 http://www.utoronto.ca/ucwriting/paraphrase.html
 Taking notes, use Cornell Notes as recommended by David
Burke
 Citation machine: http://citationmachine.net/
 What product or performance will I create
to finish the assignment?
 How will I give credit to my sources in my
final project?
 More information
 Citation machine: http://citationmachine.net/