Investigating Scientific Research This page has resources to help you with this project. It goes step by step and includes many video tutorials. Research Source Sheet (.pdf) - Here's the source sheet you're using to take notes from each source. Delicious - Use your Delicious account to tag your search results, articles, webpages, etc. Informative Essay Outline (.doc) - Organize your essay using this outline. The Three Research Questions you need to answer in your essay: 1) Why did researchers decide to undertake this area of research? (What
questions are scientists looking to answer? What current problems are
scientists hoping to solve through their research? How will learning
more about this area of science help humans?) 2) What discoveries have been made within the past two years in this area of research? (Names, dates, locations? What was discovered including facts and statistics?) 3) What research is being done right now, by whom, and where? (Names, locations, details of what they are doing) In Mr. Mahr's Science Class Learn the basics about your topic using articles from Mr. Mahr.
Along with reading the journal articles given to you in class, you may want to use one of our online encyclopedias. Online encyclopedias are great for getting general or background information on your topic. These are trusted sources and our school pays for access to them. World Book Online USERNAME: Oregon1 PASSWORD: panthers Grolier Online USERNAME: OSD PASSWORD: OSD Computer Lab Day #1 Using BadgerLink to Find Current Magazine and Newspaper Articles You'll use online databases for searching journal articles, magazines, and newspapers. Online databases are collections of articles, sometimes specialized in a certain area of information. They are from trusted sources and our state and/or our school pays for access to them. BadgerLink - link to the site BadgerLink Tutorials: BadgerLink Introduction (2:15) - What BadgerLink is and how to find it at school and at home Student Research Center (5:35) - How to use Student Research Center to find Magazine and Journal articles ProQuest (2:13) - How to use ProQuest to find Newspaper articles Computer Lab Day #2 Using SIRS to Find Current Magazine and Newspaper Articles SIRS (at school) - link to the site when you're at school SIRS Tutorial: SIRS Researcher (4:13) - How to use the SIRS database to find articles Search Strategy: Finding New Keywords (3:15) - Find new keywords on web pages or articles to help focus your search Computer Lab Day #3 Using Google News to get Information from News Websites Google News - link to the site Google News Tutorials: Google News Overview (2:41) - A tour of the site and it's features Searching Google News (3:33) - Search tips on how to find recent news articles Computer Lab Day #4 Find Out Current Research Scientists are doing Now Using Google Advanced Search Google Advanced Search 1 (4:19) - Learn how to use Boolean Logic (AND, OR, & NOT) to filter your searches Google Advanced Search 2 (2:25) - Learn about phrase searching and searching within websites or domains Search Strategy: Searching for People and Organizations (2:37) - Expand your search topic to include people and organizations When you are ready to make your bibliography Make a Bibliography with EasyBib EasyBib - link to the site EasyBib Tutorials: EasyBib Introduction (2:11) - Find the site, register your account, logging in, etc. EasyBib Magazines and Journals (5:02) - Examples of how to create citations for Magazine and Journal articles EasyBib Newspaper (3:44) - Example of how to create a citation for a newspaper article EasyBib Website (3:32) - Example of how to create a citation for a website using Autocite EasyBib Book (1:55) - Example of how to create a citation for a book EasyBib Create Your Bibliography (1:28) - Create a Word document of your bibliography using EasyBib |
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