How Re-SOURCE-ful are you?

How Re-SOURCE-ful are you?

Objectives

• To review credible sources

• To find the best sources for your assignment

• To cite sources effectively and efficiently

LET'S REVIEW!

In the next slides, you will be asked a series of questions.

Choose the best answer.

Multiple Choice

National Geographic for Kids

• Credible source

• Not a credible source

Multiple Choice

An amazon.com customer's review about a pillow claiming that "You will never have trouble falling asleep ever again....IF you buy this pillow!"

• Credible source

• Not a credible source

Multiple Choice

Newsela

• Credible source

• Not a credible source

Multiple Choice

An advertisement for "Smarty Pants" gummy bears claiming that eating them will make you smarter.

• Credible source

• Not a credible source

Multiple Choice

An advertisement for Nike shoes claiming that wearing the shoes will make you faster.

• Credible source

• Not a credible source

Multiple Choice

Yahoo.com

• Credible

• Not a credible source

• Not a Source

Multiple Choice

Google.com

• Credible source

• Not a credible source

• Not a Source

Multiple Choice

Which URLs do we know we can trust?

• .gov, .org, .com
• .gov, .com, .edu
• .gov, .net, .edu
• .gov, .org, .edu

Multiple Choice

What is the point of the C.R.A.A.P. Test?

• To evaluate the process of using the bathroom
• To plagiarize text and information from a source
• To evaluate the steps of the writing process
• To evaluate information from sources used to research

Multiple Select

Why do you have to cite sources?

• To be a responsible scholar

• To avoid plagiarism

• To show how credible you are

• To make it easy to find your sources

Poll

Is just adding the links that you used in you project or assignment considered a citation page?

• YES

• NO

The correct answer is "no".

Links are not enough. There is a correct way to cite your sources and specific citation style.

Noodletools

You'll be using Noodletools to create your citations page, which will look like this...notice it is not just a bunch of links.

You will be creating a Noodletools account and project. Leave this guide open and follow the steps to using Noodletools. Sign in using GOOGLE. You will be prompted if you need to create an account. Some of you may not have to create an account.

See how our Gulliver databases connect to Noodletools with this video. Copy and paste the link on a new tab.

http://support.gale.com/doc/galetools-video1

Please reach out to me (Mrs. Febo) or Mrs. Cook, your friendly librarians for any help.

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