Research Skills- note-taking, sources, and citations- 3/4

Pebble Go and World Book are reliable research sources.

• True

• False

When I need to do research for a school project, I should visit the first website I find on Google!

• True

• False

When I research for a school project I should create a citation list or cite my sources.

• True

• False

What type of book would be best to locate information in for a research project?

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Picture book

What is the first step you need to do in a research project?

• Take notes

• Pick a researchable topic

• Write a paper

What is 1 strategy we learned to effectively take notes?

• Write down every word from your book.

• Copy and paste all the information from my source to my notes.

• Only write down keywords that are needed.

When taking notes you should start each new fact or idea with what symbol?

• Bullet

• Five spaces

• The name of our animal

Which of the following note-taking strategies did we learn?

• Use just keywords when taking notes

• Don't include the name of your topic in your notes

• Start the bullets on the left

• All of these choices!

Why do we need to cite or give credit to our sources?

• So our teacher and classmates know where our information came from.

• So we can publish a book.

• We don't need to cite our sources.

Why is it important that we cite our sources?

• So we are not plagiarizing (stealing) someone else's information.

• So the police don't arrest us for stealing.

• So we can become famous someday!