Research Skills

Using someone else's work without their permission or "citing the source" ..

• Is perfectly fine if you are the only one who knows!

• Is Ok if you are doing it for school.

• Is plagiarism and it is against the law

• I don't know

If you find a great website as a source for your research project, which of the following is true?

• You can COPY & PASTE the text into your report.

• You can use information on the site as long as you CITE the source!

• You can't use any of the information on the site without permission.

• I don't know

If you paraphrase, copy an image or directly "quote" information from a site, you must:

• I don't know

• cite the source

• tell your mom

• rewrite your paper

When search online, the first step is to:

• Google your question

• Snap Chatting

• search your KEY words

• I don't know

An example of a reliable source is...

• one that has lots of spelling errors

• one that is trustworthy with name of Author and date

• I don't know

• Wikipedia

Included in the checklist for a reliable source is:

• Author's name

• Date it was written

• Name of Organization

• All of the above

A website that ends with '.edu' means:

• It is a government website

• I don't know

• It is an educational website

• Is is a website that a business made

Using the domain, you can quickly find websites that are more likely to be trustworthy. Which of the following is your best choice?

• .com

• .gov

• .org

• .net

Before deciding to use a source, the website needs to:

• Answer your question

• look cool

• be trustworthy

• I don't know

When paraphrasing, you need to include:

• quotes from the source

• every sentence from the page

• Important things you learned that answer your question

• I don't know