Sixth Grade

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Welcome
Sixth Grade Electronic Research Project
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Agenda

• 5 days workshop with Mrs. Hinckley
• Citing sources
• Search secrets
• OPAC Online Public Access Catalog
• Online encyclopedia
• Online magazine article database
• World Wide Web Internet searching
• Information collection

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From http//www.big6.com/
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The Seven Steps
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Note taking
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Note taking reminders

• Written in you own words.
• Related to your topic.
• Short - but complete enough to make sense.
• Recorded on citation page.

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Boolean Operators
Linking Words
AND
OR
NOT
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Searching Tips

• Adjacent search place phrases in quotation marks

Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
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Rob
Alcraft
Valley of the Kings
2000
Heinemann Library