Gathering Research

Research starts with a central research question.

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• false

After you develop your central research question, you should have three or four additional focus questions to help you explore the central research question.

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After you develop your research question, you must identify the best search terms that will help you find your information.

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It is important to use credible internet sources. What does the word credible mean?

• interesting

• inaccurate

• reliable

• ten pages long

One part of how you can determine whether an internet source is reliable is by identifying the ...

• tv show and program

• number of pages

• number of views it has had

• author and publisher

A reliable internet source is usually published by the

• government (.gov), Newspapers, educational institutions (.edu), or news.com

• government (.gov), and any blog

• government (.gov), educational institutions (.edu), or nonprofit organizations (.org).

• Wikipedia (.com)

Internet sources published by commercial organizations (.com) are always reliable.

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• false

To quote accurately you must...

• Put what is said in the text into your own words.

• Copy the exact words that it says in the text.

• Copy only part of what is in the book.

• Leave off quotation marks.

To quote accurately you must...

• Say what the person said in your own words.

• Underline the quote.

• Circle the quotation.

• Use quotation marks (“quote”) to show the words that have come word for word from the text.

What is a source?

• where the information came from

• why the information was found and recorded.

• the person who wrote the article

• how you got the information