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