Research

When you evaluate a source, you should look for:

• the author, date and title

• just the information you need

Emily is getting ideas for her pyramid project from a website. She takes notes and lists the website name and information in her project when she turns it in.
OKAY or NO WAY?

• Okay

• No Way

When using someone's exact words

• put them in quotes

• Give credit with in-text citations

• all of these

• none of these

Rewording the ideas of an author or source

• Citation

• Plagiarize

• Paraphrase

• Quote

Reliable, trustworthy

• Credible

• Bias

• Thesis

• Currency

When a source was published and updated. Think: is it up to date?

• Credible

• Authority

• Bias

• Currency

A page at the end of a research paper that lists all the sources used in the paper

• Quote

• Works Cited

• Plagiarize

• Thesis

An exact copy from a source or author; using the exact words with quotation marks and a citation

• Works Cited

• Quote

• Paraphrase

• Publisher

A website has valid facts and includes citations, provides evidence, has no spelling/grammar errors, and the information matches other credible sources

• Relevant

• Currency

• Bias

• Accuracy

A note after a fact, quote, or paraphrase to show the source (author and page number)

• Works Cited

• Citation

• Plagiarize

• Publisher