The links below are for documents to help with research instruction. 

Databases & Search Strategies

(World Book Student, TrueFlix, Gale in Context- Elementary, and SIRS Discoverer)

Think about using the search strategies we learned to successfully navigate each database.

Search Strategies Example  Take a look at examples of search strategies that would work well and also see examples of what would not work well.

The following document offers you one possible way of organizing your notes for each research question.  You can make an electronic copy of the document or use it as a guide when creating your own note-taking document.

Note-Taking Document

This document is organized by question/topic.

Note-Taking Thermometer

Check the temperature of your notes as you work through the research process.

Example of Note-Taking

Here is one possible way of organizing notes.  This example shows notes in process.

Do not forget to give credit to all the sources and images you use in your project.  The following template has space for nine different sources of information.  

The template should be submitted along with your project so your audience knows where you found your information

Works Cited MLA Template

Ecosystems MLA Works Cited Example

Finalized Ecosystems MLA Works Cited Example

(Notice how streamlined it is.  Also, the spelling and capitalization are all correct)

MLA Works Cited Videos

World Book Student (6.02 min)

PK Life (5.38 min.)

Print Book (3:37 min.)

The World Almanac Kids (3:47 min.)

Scholastic GO! (article) (3:27 min.)

Scholastic GO! (image) (2.38 min.)

FreedomFlix (3:31 min.)

World Book Student (article) (3:23 min.)

World eBook (3:07 min.)

ScienceFlix ( 4:13 min.)

Kids InfoBits (5:08 min.)

SIRS Discoverer (4:49 min.)

TrueFlix (3:50 min.)