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WorksheetsGlobal Perspectives Research
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
Reliable sources are always the first Google result.
True
False
It is not clear who the author is and there are adverts for products and/or services
A reliable source is
The students can best conclude that the creators of the posters -
are historical experts
have different viewpoints
are misinformed
need to include more pictures
If you wanted to find more information on the most popular birthday presents, which source would be the most helpful?
A birthday announcement in the newspaper
A Consumer Report's article titled Top 10 Birthday Gifts
An interview with a person shopping at the mall
A party invitation from a friend
Why should you cite your resources?
To give credit to the people created it and avoid being accused of plagiarism
To copy another person's work
To use it as our own
None of the above
You quote a line from a very popular song in your essay and don’t cite it because everyone knows who sings it. This is...
plagiarism
not plagiarism
academic honesty
musical
You find a chart that will really strengthen one of the major points of your essay. You don’t cite it because it’s just a chart and they do not need to be documented. This is...
providing credibility to the person who created the chart
academic honesty
plagiarism
using facts
You find an excellent idea in an article and you use it in your paper. You don’t bother to cite the source because it is completely in your own words. This is...
great research
academic honesty
lazy
plagiarism
A. Make a list of questions about your topic
B. Decide upon a topic
C. Find information on your topic
D. List what you already know
A ______ resource is one "the reader can trust. We trust that the author’s ideas are [their] own and can be backed up with evidence. ”
timely
credible
scholarly
relevant
The first step when you want to research a topic is to...
head straight to Wikipedia to get a general knowledge of the topic.
check out a book about the topic
ask yourself what you already know- this helps you narrow your research's focus.
ask for help from an adult
What is a URL?
computer software program
An acronym for Unlimited Resources for Learning
The address of a document or "page" on the World Wide Web
A search engine
Tina wants to write a report related to illegal burning of waste because her neighbourhood suffers from this problem. Before she chooses a title, she should..
interview local people about the problem of waste fires
research the issue to make sure that it affects communities on a national and global level
find research online relating to her community and waste disposal
go to the library and research illegal waste disposal
Statistics ......................support your argument in a report and/or project
always
can
never
mustn't
How do you evaluate a web page?
You confirm that the author or site an authority on the subject.
You check to see if the author has been objective.
You check to see if the information is current
You do as many of the above as possible
