English 11: Reflecting on the American Dream

Getting Started

Research Assignment Overview

Model Formatting

Research Questions

Keywords chart

NoodleTools

• Getting Started with NoodleTools
• How to Cite a Website in NoodleTools
• How to Cite a Database in NoodleTools
• How to Create an Annotated Bibliography in NoodleTools and Export into Google Docs

Evaluating Sources

• How to Find a Credible Source on Google
• Levels of Scholarship
• Media Bias Chart
• C.R.A.P. Test
  • CRLS version
  • Star Wars version

Search Tips for Google

Keep it simple!

Google Site Search

• Site:gov
• Site:edu

Google Boolean Search (AND, OR)

• AND= Narrows your search (Example: Chicago violence AND guns)
• OR = Broadens your search (Example: Chicago violence AND guns OR firearms)

Google Phrase Search

• Example: “Flint water crisis”

Google Truncated Search

• Example: interact* = will search for interacting, interaction, and interactivity, etc.

Google Scholar Search

Recommended Websites for Periodicals

The Atlantic: theatlantic.com

PBS: pbs.org

NPR: npr.org

The New Yorker: newyorker.com

Salon: salon.com

The New York Times: nytimes.com

The Boston Globe: bostonglobe.com

Washington Post: washingtonpost.com

Discover Magazine: discovermagazine.com

Scientific American: scientificamerican.com

Smithsonian Magazine: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/

Databases

• PowerSearch - Gale
• Issues - ABC-CLIO
• Issues and Controversies - Infobase
• Global Issues In Context - Gale