Using Information Sources to find resources important to your life & writing a Newspaper Article

1. Using Information Sources to find resources important to your life & writing a Newspaper Article Using Buckle Down

2. The sources • Encyclopedia: book or set of books containing articles on various topics, usually in alphabetical arrangement, covering all branches of knowledge or, less commonly, all aspects of one subject. • Dictionary: Book that gives the meaning of words as well as pronunciations. Some specialized dictionaries can help you learn about words relating to a particular subject. • Thesaurus: a dictionary with synonyms and antonyms. • Periodicals include magazines, newspapers, scientific journals, and other materials that are published daily, weekly, or monthly. • Almanac: A usually annual reference book composed of various lists, tables, and often brief articles relating to a particular field or many general fields. • Atlas: A book of maps. It may also contain information about a land region, such as its climate and terrain. • Directory: a list of information with names and addresses, like a fan club list. • People: great sources of oral history and people are primary sources.

3. Searching for information: Key words • Key words: Entries in encyclopedias are arranged alphabetically by key words. • Try to narrow the focus of your search by beginning with the most specific key word. (For example, rock music will be listed under R, because the key word is rock.) If the word you choose is too specific, broaden your focus a little at a time.

4. Standard 5.1b: Use text organizers, including headings, graphic features (italics and bold face type), and tables of contents, to locate and organize information

5. Standard 5.1a: Access information from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including electronic text, experts, and prime resources, to locate information relevant to research questioning.

6. Standard 5.1a: Access information from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including electronic text, experts, and prime resources, to locate information relevant to research questioning. Encyclopedias vs. Almanacs

7. Standard 5.1a: Access information from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including electronic text, experts, and prime resources, to locate information relevant to research questioning.

8. Standard 5.1a: Access information from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including electronic text, experts, and prime resources, to locate information relevant to research questioning.

9. The Table of Contents provides a quick overview of the organization of the entire book. Standard 5.1b: Use text organizers, including headings, graphic features (italics and bold face type), and tables of contents, to locate and organize information

10. From the information in the directions, it is reasonable to conclude that • The mower blade must rotate in order to clean the housing. • Cleaning the lawn mower can be a dangerous activity. • Soapy water would damage the lawn mower blade. • A flat surface helps the water drain from the mower.

11. End Notes & Bibliographies can give more information on a subject. Standard 5.1b: Use text organizers, including headings, graphic features (italics and bold face type), and tables of contents, to locate and organize information

13. Source Cards • As you find information that helps answer your questions, create source cards to record where you found it. • A source card may be a note card or a sheet of paper on which your write down the title, author, and any other information you’ll need to cite in your paper. Source # 1 Dial, Torie. “Music industry seeks laws against Internet piracy.” Global Times 2 November 2006: MI. Standard 5.2c: Identify and credit sources use to gain information (bibliographies, footnotes, appendix)

14. Standard 5.2c: Identify and credit sources use to gain information (bibliographies, footnotes, appendix) Note taking • When you are taking notes on what you read, it’s a good idea to use note cards in a systematic way. • Each note card should have • A subject heading • The most important ideas and supporting details • Facts about the subject (summarized or properly quoted) • The title, author, publisher, and date of the source or if you made a source card, you can just put the source number. • Saffir-Simpson scale • Measures hurricane intensity • Scale of 1 to 5 • Category 5 hurricanes have winds greater than 155 mph and a surge of more than 18 feet. • “While category 5 hurricanes are not rare, it is rare that they reach the shore.” p. 44 • Intensity also measured by barometric pressure example: 27 inches • Okuda, Michael, and Denise Okuda. Hurricanes. New York: Pocket, 1993.

15. You try it • Use this information to conduct research on a topic of your choosing. You will use your research to write a newspaper article for the Foster newsletter that goes out with your progress reports. The best article will be published in the newsletter. Each article should have at least two different types of sources cited. You may choose from the following list: • Nutrition for teens • Censorship • Global Warming