Researching a Topic

What is research?

• When you search for information about a topic

• Searching for treasure

• Trying to find pictures

• None of the above

What website is okay for quick general research but users need to be cautious because its information can be edited?

• Britannica

• Facebook

• Buzz Feed

• Wikipedia

If I paraphrase or summarize information from a work, I do NOT have to use a citation.

• True

• False

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

• citations
• friendship
• research
• plagiarism 

A webpage that ends in '.edu' means:

• It's a government website
• It's a non-profit organization
• It's a commercial site that could be used for business
• It's published by a university or college

It is important to evaluate a website since .  .  .

• anyone can publish a website
• because everyone wants to do more work
• the Internet has so many sites
• only professionals create websites

When evaluating a website it is important to consider who is the author or publisher, the date of publication, whether the information directly relates to your topic, and the purpose of the website.

• true

• false

• maybe

When looking at the reliability of a source, what question should you NOT ask yourself?

• Is this current?
• Who is the author?
• Is this published?
• Does it look nice?

Why should you use key words, phrases, and focus questions when you are researching?

• they help you narrow down results and find what you are looking for
• you shouldn't use those

What should you do if you want to write down exact words from a source?

• use fancy writing
• put quotation marks around the exact words
• don't do it