1. The Research Process

Form a research question

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  2. Identify appropriate resources

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  4. Gather information from resources

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  6. Sort/sift information

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  8. Process information to derive meaning

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  10. Create final product which communicates findings

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  12. Evaluate the process

Things you will do during this process:

• • Outlining

  • ID Types of resources

  • Judge usefulness of resources

  • Judge validity of resources

  • Note-taking from resources

  • Support with evidence

  • Perform effective information searches 

    • print,

    • electronic

  • Distinguish fact from opinion

  • Bibliography

  • Cite resources

  • Observe Copyright ethics

  • Derive new ideas and/or draw inferences from evidence

  • Draw conclusions

  • Final product production: 

    • word processing, 

    • video production, 

    • multi-media, 

    • graphing,

    • charting, 

    • illustrating.

  • Effective communication (written, oral, etc) 

Research is NOT a platform for unfounded opinions.  You should not be using sentences like "I think" or "I believe."

How do search engines work?

What IS the internet?

http://engineeringthenet.org/

Who wrote that?

Research Skills

Copyright  and Citation

What can you trust in a website?

Online Communities

http://www.internetfreedomday.net/

http://www.livebinders.com/