Research Notes

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Research Notes
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Why is it important to take notes in an organized
manner?

• You will need the publishing, title, and author
  information to do your works cited (10 pts)
• You will need to keep track of your information
  to cite it properly using parenthetical notation
  (30 pts)
• The better your research, the more details you
  have, the more details, the better your voice for
  the content grade (100 pts)
• By practicing taking notes, you will do better
  with research needed for future essays and real
  life research (100 X the amount of research
  papers you will write for your entire life
  research needed to get the job you want
  research needed for your job all the raises you
  will get because you do such a great job finding
  information and keeping it in an organized manner)

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Setting up your research page

• Staple 2 pieces of paper together
• Put your heading in the upper right hand corner
• Put Research Notes on the title
• Put the type of character you are doing on your
  title too (ex Gypsy or Eva Braun)

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On each piece of paper put the following

• Type of research
• Title
• Author
• Publisher/Name of Magazine or Newspaper
• Date
• Additional publishing info
• Notes

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Then create a chart

• Page Information

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Here is an example

• Type of research Newspaper
• Title The Real Life of Eva Braun
• Author Suzy E. Coleman
• Publisher/Name of Magazine or Newspaper Houston
  Chronicle
• Date 25 Feb. 1999
• Additional publishing info Section A, Sunday
  edition

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And another

• Type of research Book
• Title Holocaust Chronicle
• Author editor James Pearson and Lawrence J.
  Fishbone
• Publisher/Name of Magazine or Newspaper Bethel
  Inc
• Date 2002
• Additional publishing info New York

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How it works

• The books on the side table can be used. There
  are different types of books (biography,
  reference, regular research). They are numbered
  in order. Return books from where you got them.
• Use the index first, but be willing to hunt for
  the term. EX. If you want to know about an
  assassination attempt on Hitler, it may not be
  listed under the A section. Look at the H
  section, under Hitler and see if there is a
  special subindex.
• Hitler, Adolf
• Assassination attempt of

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Computers

• Three people can use the computers at a time.
• You will NOT be looking at websites and instead
  will look at EBSCO, an encyclopedia, or other
  database only for today.
• You may need to change your search terms to
  narrow the field
• When you find an article, make sure you write
  down your publishing info on the top after you
  see the article is useful

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Newspapers

• Sometimes the next page will be with a different
  stack so you may need to find your missing page
  (proper order is numbered at the bottom)
• Make sure you write down all the publishing info
  you can find!
• Return to side table when done

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Works Cited

• We will be typing this up in the computer lab
  next week.
• It is up to you to make sure you have all the
  info you need by that date. (Thursday)
• I will collect your research today to ensure it
  does not go missing (thats how much Ms. B wants
  to make sure you dont lose it!)
• If you want to do additional research this
  weekend, feel free to write out additional notes
  pages. Remember Author, title, publishing info!

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Notes on notes

• You will not be quoting your sources so it is
  okay to paraphrase your research (you dont have
  to write every word!)
• Find 1-3 pieces of information you find useful
  and then move on to the next source so you can
  find multiple sources
• Make your goal for today to find 3 source (at
  least 1 book, 1 newspaper, 1 magazine article, 1
  biography, 1 reference book)