Research Ready?

Which of the following steps is the first step of the research process?

• Going to Wikipedia
• Choosing a topic
• Creating a Works Cited page
• Typing the heading, title, and introduction paragraph

Where should you look to find credible, reliable, and authoritative information to use to support your research ideas?

• Online databases
• Internet
• Books
• All of the above

Which of the following website domains is the most trustworthy?

• .com
• .edu
• .gov
• .org

Which of the following is NOT a question you need to ask yourself when evaluating a research source you find on the internet:

• Is the information accurate and up-to-date?
• Does the author have ethos? Are they an expert on the subject or topic?
• Is this article mean to persuade me, inform me, or entertain me?
• Is this article long enough?

Every single article that you use at least once in your research paper must be included on your Works Cited page.

• True
• False

All articles retrieved from an online database already have a pre-made MLA formatted or APA formatted citation available.

• True
• False

When you are including information that you are borrowing from your research article into your own research paper you can do all of the following except:

• Summarize
• Paraphrase
• Directly quote
• Copy and paste

On an online database you can find the following "resource types":

• Magazine and newspaper articles
• Videos, audio, and images
• Reference articles (encyclopedia articles, biography articles, etc.)
• All of the above

At Elmont, we use the following program to help us with our Works Cited pages:

• EasyBib
• SonofCitation
• NoodleTools
• BibMe

Every research paper should have a ________. The one sentence at the end of your introduction that lets your reader know what you are aiming to argue or prove. This one sentence is called...

• Topic Sentence
• Main Idea
• Thesis Statement
• Attention Grabber