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Research Skills & Source Evaluation
How to use this information
This activity is designed to save you a lot of time, and improve your grades now, and for the rest of your academic studies.
- Sign in to Google and check your email - this makes sure you will be able to access all the resources.
- Watch the video “Busytown Mysteries” that you can find below.
- Read all of this page and try to memorize important things.
- Follow the link to Google Tips and Tricks, where you watch the movie and read the Tips and Tricks information.
- Take a look at the document “Research Source Check List” to learn how to evaluate a web source.
- When you are finished doing the above tasks, take the Quiz to see how much you have learned.
- Use the newly-gained knowledge when you do research next time.
Ask these six questions about your research topic, (not necessarily in that order!) and you will be much closer to producing a complete piece of work.
Your teachers and other students in your group are usually some of the best information resources available to you, because they know what you are trying to do.
Computer systems like Destiny Quest, Encyclopedia Britannica and Google only know what you tell them to look for.
Try to remember that the best information sources are not on the public internet, they take time, effort and money to produce.
If you want to save time, and raise the quality of your work, use the 'paid-for' resources via Destiny Quest provided by your Library BEFORE you try searching the internet :-)
Take a look at the movie and the Google search tips here to discover some of the powerful ways you can harness the power of Google to help you.
- Search for books, magazines, and DVDs that are available in the Libraries at VIS
- WebPath - Search 'Educator Approved' websites and filter your results by grade, topic etc.
- OneSearch - Search ALL the research databases and encyclopaedias that we subscribe to, all in one place, with no logins to remember
The home page of the Secondary Library has links to many popular and useful resources to help you with your work.
- Links to research resources
- Links to VIS services like Moodle, School website etc.
- Passwords for home access to research databases and encyclopaedia
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