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Starting Research
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So you have to do some research……
Where do you start?
Frame “Essential Questions” about your topic
Key questions will guide your information mining
- sorts information trash from treasure!
Essential Question
Where can you find information?
You have choices……
JCPL Databases
• Public Library Research Page
• Subscription Databases
How do you know if the website is any good?
Whodunit? Can you find them?
.com
.org
.gov
.edu
Contact Info
Why did they do it?
Latest & Greatest?
Caveat emptor….
“Let the buyer beware”
Be an informed consumer of information!
Corroborating evidence needed for .com sites
Check Wikipedia references for usable .gov or .org sites
Intellectual Property
Document your information source!
“Working Bibliography”
vs
“Works Cited”
Presentation slides by
Gail Bonner
Linda Glynn
University of Colorado Denver
2008
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