Research Skills

Using someone else's work to help you without their permission is:

• plagiarism

• paraphrasing

• researching

• citing

If you paraphrase, summarize, or directly quote information, you must:

• record the source

• format the source

• cite the source

• correct the source

Which statement describes a primary source?

• A. a letter written by a Revolutionary soldier
• B. an encyclopedia entry about the French and Indian War
• C. a documentary describing the Civil War
• D. an essay explaining the history of the Middle Colonies

A reliable source is

• biased
• trusted
• trying to sell you something
• google

Steps you can take to determine if a source is reliable will include

• looking for the author.
• determining the author of the website.
• verifying the author's expertise.
• all of the above.

To cite means 

• to do research
• to show where you found the information
• to point out something
• to start a riot

Anything that supplies information for your writing is a?

• works cited

• database

• reliable

• source

What is the best synonym for "paraphrase?"

• restate
• copy
• plagiarize
• invent

Which of the following is a telltale sign of an untrustworthy online source? 

• Grammatical mistakes 
• A plain-looking logo
• Links to other sources 
• Lots of text with very few graphics 

What can you conclude about a website if it ends in .gov?

• It's the professional website of one of the 50 U.S. governors

• It's run and maintained by the U.S. government

• It's run by the government of one of the member countries of the United Nations

• It's meant to be viewed by government employees only