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Biography. 7th Grade Research Paper. “Information Seeking Strategies” & “Location and Access”. By Mrs. Fisher. Follow the “Big6”. Know your project “inside out” Brainstorm where to look for information Types of information needed Know how to locate & access.
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Biography 7th Grade Research Paper “Information Seeking Strategies” & “Location and Access” By Mrs. Fisher
Follow the “Big6” • Know your project “inside out” • Brainstorm where to look for information • Types of information needed • Know how to locate & access
“Brainstorm where to look for information” As in this example from Art Wolinsky’s book, Internet Power Research Using the Big6 Approach . . .
Blue Whale Sources Fishermen CD ROMS Movies and TV Shows Web Sites Environmental Protection Agency Internet Discussion Groups Sea World Library Books Newspapers Magazines Email Friends School Ecology Club Email Experts
? Determine the types of information sources needed Library Resources Web Sites Subscription Databases Library Books Official Web Sites eLibrary Encyclopedias Other Online Resources Evaluated Web Sites Other Print Resources
Determine the types of information needed • And how best to access that info • What “key words” and phrases to search for
Know how to locate & access • Do you know how to use the library’s OPAC? • When you get a book, do you know how to find the information that you are looking for in the book? • Do you know how to use ODIN? • Do you know how to find the subscription databases? • Do you know how to use them? • Do you know how to conduct good searches? • Do you know how to evaluate web sites?
A word about search engines . . . Different search engines to consider: • Google • Yahoo • Ask • DogpileMetacrawlerWebcrawler • GrokkerKartOO
Let us know how we can assist you. Good Luck With Your Research!
Credits • Slide #1 Bio Magazine: http://www.airlineamb.org/ExternalFiles/biography_cover.tif Book: http://www.raremapsandbooks.com/images/sept14biography.jpg Poster: http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:qYx1yU2LyShZ5M:http://macphilly.com/bio/bio_logo.jpg • Slide #2 Biography Assignment: http://z.about.com/d/homeschooling/1/5/b/E/4/biographyprint.png • Slide #3 Brainstorm Image: http://minimediaguy.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/tn_brainstorm.jpg • Slide #4 Blue Whale: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/1024/whale-shark-with-fish.jpg
Credits • Slide #5 Female Silhouette http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~batesmillerhistory/webgraphics/femsilhouettelg.gifBook Male Silhouette http://book-trails.net/tim/storyboards/resources/male_silhouetteSlide • Slide#6 Girl Reading Book http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:1ElB3qdQ8AnDzM:http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/multimedia/img/reading-hi.jpgSlide • Slide #9 Librarian: http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/draft_lens1802860module7863496photo_librarian.jpg
Works Cited Wolinsky, Art. Internet Power Research Using the Big6 Approach. Enslow Publishers, Inc. 2005.