Research Process
Use the slides to consider the following topics in the research process:
Evaluating Information Sources (Slides 1-8)
Evaluating Resources Practice (Slides 9-11)
Developing a Research Topic (Slide 12)
Pre-Research Organizational Tasks (Slides 13-20)
Highlighting & Taking Notes (Slides 18, 21)
Plagiarism, Citations & Quotations (Slides 22-28)
Works Cited Information (Slides 29-35)
Developing a Topic
Topic Lists
Gale Opposing Viewpoints Topics List – Login with the Google Button
200 Prompts for Argumentative Writing from the Learning Network
Best Database Source for PRO/CON Articles
Gale in Context Opposing Viewpoints --Use the Google sign-in
Best Database Source for Background Information
Gale in Context Middle School -- Use the Google sign-in
World Book Encyclopedia Student --waucondagrade for both username & password
This tutorial highlights some quick techniques for developing a research topic with the help of your Gale In Context resources.
Narrowing Your Research Topic
This tutorial shares strategies for narrowing wide research topics, and using advanced search features to pinpoint documents within your Gale In Context resources.
Highlights and Notes
This tutorial shows you how to use Highlights and Notes to keep track of key concepts and document sections within many Gale resources.
Downloading or Sending Gale Docs to Google Drive
This tutorial shows you how to download results or use the Send to tool to add documents to Google Drive from many Gale resources.