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Research Process: Steps, Plagiarism, and Sources

Learn about the steps to conducting good research, how to avoid plagiarism, and where to find trustworthy sources of information. Understand the Big Six skills and the importance of citing sources.

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Research Process: Steps, Plagiarism, and Sources

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  1. Research Process, Citation, and Sources

  2. What are we here to learn about?(Objectives) • What are the steps to doing good research • What Plagiarism is and how to avoid it • Where to find trustworthy sources of information

  3. 1. What are the steps to doing good research? Where do you begin…

  4. Big Six skills • The Big6 is a process model of how people of all ages solve an information problem. 1. Task Definition 1.1 Define the information problem 1.2 Identify information needed 2. Information Seeking Strategies 2.1 Determine all possible sources 2.2 Select the best sources 3. Location and Access 3.1 Locate sources (intellectually and physically) 3.2 Find information within sources

  5. Big Six skills 4. Use of Information 4.1 Engage (e.g., read, hear, view, touch) 4.2 Extract relevant information 5. Synthesis 5.1 Organize from multiple sources 5.2 Present the information 6. Evaluation 6.1 Judge the product (effectiveness) 6.2 Judge the process (efficiency)

  6. 2. Giving credit where credit is due

  7. Is this ok to do? Why or why not? Picture title: PlagiarismCaption: (Credit: JUNIOR SCHOLASTIC)

  8. http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/staff/sscd/nat_history/activity4.shtmlhttp://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/staff/sscd/nat_history/activity4.shtml

  9. Citing your sources • We must “cite” or give credit to the sources (the places we find information) that we use in the papers we write. • Plagiarism occurs when we don’t give credit to the people or organizations we get our information from, therefore representing them as our own ideas.

  10. http://hayroom4.wikispaces.com/Resources

  11. Citing your sources • Sources should be noted both within the paper and on a Works Cited page at the end of the paper. • This is how it looks if you use a direct quote in the text of your paper: “In 2007, 37 percent of American adults sought medical information from the internet regarding a health problem they were experiencing before consulting a doctor” (Smith 38).

  12. MLA Citation maker • For print and websites without citation information at the bottom of the page, you can use a citation maker that will help to put it in the proper format for you. • http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php • For more tips on how to cite sources go to: • http://cm.oslis.org/MLACitations/secondary/

  13. 3. Where can you find true information online? • Not all information you find on the internet is factual information. • There are many trustworthy sources you can use to find valid facts and data.

  14. Databases • What’s a Database?  A collection of articles from magazines, newspapers and current reference sources like online encyclopedias, atlases, almanacs and pre-screened websites • http://mel.org/ • Sirs Discoverhas lots of links, you can listen to the article, reading levels are provided, often has image and video links as well.

  15. kids-InfoBits– people (mel.org) Worldbook Encyclopedia kids (mel.org) Best of all, the MLA style citation is at the bottom of the page. Copy and paste onto your “Works Cited” page

  16. Search Engines www.google.com www.Bing.com www.dogpile.com http://www.factmonster.com/ Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia

  17. Additional Cites for Biographies • infoplease – biography http://www.infoplease.com/people.html • Biography.com www.biography.com

  18. Woodworth Library OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) http://libraries.resa.net/ See our homepage for links in this presentation and more:

  19. Guidelines for Making a Bibliography and Documenting Sources • http://lakewoodcityschools.org/UserFiles/file/Harding%20Library%20Documents/MLA%20Style%20Guide%20for%20Middle%20Schools--Guidelines%20for%20Making%20a%20Bibliography%20and%20Documenting%20Sources-DRAFT.pdf • Kevin Costello Harding Middle School LibrarianLakewood City Schools October 2008

  20. Review When writing a research paper: • Use the Big 6 Steps to Research • Avoid plagiarism by citing your sources • Write down the source of your information on your note cards and a Bibliography or Works Cited page • Gather information from a variety of factual sources like books from the library, Databases from MEL (Michigan Electronic Library) and websites that are trustworthy.

  21. Biography research paper info http://www.middleschool.net/lesspln/englisf/english/eso.htm

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