Research Reminders

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Research Reminders

• Your I-search is formal research. In order to do
  quality work, you need to keep a few things in
  mind.

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• Look for resources that are
• Accurate
• Authoritative
• Objective
• Current
• Appropriate
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• Use the best resources you can find.
• Quality resources are
• Accurate
• Authoritative
• Objective
• Current
• Appropriate

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Keep track of source information. Look for
author, title, publisher, date, and web address
(URL) information and write it down. Youll need
the information to complete your Works Cited
page. Get it when you acess the information.
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Read what you find. Sounds like a no-brainer,
but many researchers skip this important step.
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Take notes. Cutting and pasting is plaigarism.
Plaigarism is stealing. Research is using
someones ideas and citing the source. This is
what youre supposed to do!!
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Be skeptical. Verify the information in at
least one other source. If you find conflicting
information, you can talk about that in your
paper.
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Dont use Wikipedia or other user-edited
sources.
The problem is not that Wikipedia is always
wrong. The problem is that the information can
be edited by anyone who accesses the
site. Consequently, you will need to verify
everything you read by consulting other reliable
sources. Why waste all that time?
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Begin research with INFOhio. You will find
quality information including full-text print
documents at no charge. Also, citation
information is usually included so youll save
time.
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Ask questions--early. If you need help finding
information or citing sources, the library is
here to help. Our catalog is online at the
school district website.
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Save your paper to your file on the server. Log
in information is posted in the lab. Ask if you
have problems with the server.