RESEARCH

1. RESEARCH What does the prefix “re” mean? Do it again! So what do we do with the “search”? Search and Search Again!

2. RESEARCH ORGANIZER ROW YOUR WAY TO BETTER GRADES! Name ______________________________ Class ______________________________ Teacher ____________________________ Today’s Date ________________________ Assignment Due Date _________________ Focus on the information needed Investigate resources for information Note and evaluate information Develop information into knowledge Score yourpresentation and researchprocess

3. FOCUS on the information needed. 1. I need to find out about: __________________________________ I will find my information in: ___ books ___ online databases ___ web sites ___ other 2. I need to focus on the following questions to find my information: ___ Who ___ Where ___ All ___ What ___ How ___ Other ___ When ___ Why 3. The kind of information I need to find to answer the question is: ___ general facts ___ statistics ___ details ___ criticism ___ opinions ___ graphics 4. I need to focus on the following key words in my search to find information: _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ 5. I can focus on the following search strategies to help me find information: Books: Use Athena to find books in the library; Use the Index in the book to find your specific information Computers: Use school-offered databases before search engines for some subjects; Use “” around multi-word subjects to narrow search results, ex. (“circulation system”); Use + between words that you need to link but don’t need to be together, ex. (Greece + Olympics)

4. INVESTIGATEand explore resources for the answers to your questions. 1. Which are the best sources of information to investigate for my answers? ___ almanac ___ encyclopedia ___ atlas ___ newspaper ___ books ___ online databases ___ www sites ___ magazine articles 2. Where will I investigate and explore these sources? ___ classroom ___ school library ___ home ___ public library 3. Which online databases and/or CMMS sites will I use to investigate and explore my information? ___ Answers.com ___ CultureGrams ___ Cumbre ___ E-book Reference Library ___ Grolier Online ___ Infotrac ___ K-12 Teaching & Learning Center ___ Learn NC ___ NC WiseOwl ___ NoveList ___ Scribner Writers Series ___ SIRS Decades ___ United Streaming 4. Which search engines will I use to investigate and explore my information? ___ alltheweb ___ hotbot ___ altavista ___ kanoodle ___ ask ___ lycos ___dogpile ___ metacrawler ___excite ___ raging ___google ___ yahoo

5. NOTEand evaluate facts and ideas found to answer the questions. 1. How will I know the information is: accurate? (same info found in 2 sources) current? (date of information) relevant? (written by an “expert”) 2. I will note the information I find on: ___ chart ___ graphics ___ database ___ note cards ___ digital note cards ___ outline ___ graphic organizer ___ spreadsheet 3. I will avoid plagiarizing in my notes by: ___ quoting direct text ___ properly paraphrasing ___ crediting ideas, opinions, theories, facts, statistics, graphs, drawings 4. I will need to use this format to note the sources I use: ___ MLA citation ___ Bibliography/Works Cited page ___ other _________________________ 5. I will need to note the following information for each source I use: ___ author’s name ___ title of book, article, or Web page ___ title of magazine or newspaper ___ date of book, Web page, magazine, or newspaper ___ volume/issue number ___ page number(s) ___ place of publication ___ name of publisher ___ URL (web page address) ___ other _________________________

6. DEVELOP information into a presentation. 1. I will present my information by: ___ bookmark ___ poem ___ brochure ___ poster ___ debate ___ Power Point ___ display ___ skit/play ___ graph/chart ___ speech ___ mural ___ timeline ___ music ___ video/DVD ___ paper ___ Web page ___ picture ___ other _________ 2. I will need the following materials and/or equipment for my presentation: _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Other Important Information:

7. SCORE your presentation and your research process. FINDS is a product of The Florida Department of Education, Library Media Services Office & The Florida SUNLINK Project. Go to: http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/finds/ for online tools that support FINDS.

8. TakingNotes by RAPN!

9. Rstands for: Read it one sentence or paragraph at a time. Don’t pick up a pen or pencil!

10. A stands for: Ask yourself: “What is important?” “What are the facts?”

11. Pstands for: Put it in your own words. Think about how you could say this

12. Nstands for: Note it down! Now pick up your pen or pencil. No complete sentences No punctuation Not for anyone to understand but you!