Research (What? …Says who?) Online Research Skills and Avoiding Plagiarism Agenda O What is Research? O Asking Questions O Finding Answers O Verifying Sources O Sharing What You’ve.
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Slide 1
Research
(What? …Says who?)
Online Research Skills and
Avoiding Plagiarism
1
Slide 2
Agenda
O What is Research?
O Asking Questions
O Finding Answers
O Verifying Sources
O Sharing What You’ve Learned
…without Plagiarizing!
2
Slide 3
What is Research?
O Research is any time you ask a question and find
the answer:
O Looking up a video online or a friend on Facebook
O Flipping through a magazine to look for a specific
O
O
O
O
article
Looking for answers in a textbook
Writing a one page summary of an article or story
Writing a one paragraph (or even one sentence!)
answer after finding an answer to a quick question
Writing a research paper
3
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ASKING QUESTIONS
4
Slide 5
How to Ask a Question
O If you are not given a topic:
O How to select a topic for research (online lesson)
[http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/research/]
O If you are given a topic or question:
O Put the question in your own words – really
understand what you are asking
O Reword the question 2 or 3 ways, using
synonyms, to find the most precise wording
5
Slide 6
FINDING ANSWERS
6
Slide 7
How to Search Online
1. Identify key words
2. Identify synonyms
3. Select Boolean or other search
function terms
4. Select search engine
7
Slide 8
Identifying Key Words:
Sample
You need to find out what people
in Korea eat.
O Ineffective search: What do people in
Korea eat?
O Try: Korean food (did you get restaurants?)
O Effective search: popular Korean food
~or~ Korean traditional food
8
Slide 9
Using Synonyms:
Sample
O Inexpensive plane tickets
O cheap, low-cost, low-priced, discount, bargain,
budget
O airlines, air travel, airfares, fares, flights
O Most popular movies last year
O top box office, hits, biggest sellers, success,
favorite
O films, cinema, Hollywood
O annual, 2013 [or other year]
Examples from: “The Key to Keywords” from
Common Sense Media [www.commonsensemedia.org]
9
Slide 10
Search Tips
O Search Tips from Google (click for handout)
O “ “ for exact quote
O - (or NOT) to exclude
O OR for multiple terms
O Boolean Operators Explained (webpage & video)
http://umb.libguides.com/content.php?pid=2383
98&sid=1967286
10
Slide 11
Boolean Search Terms:
Examples
1. Dolphins (animal)
dolphins –football
dolphins NOT football
2. Chicago Bears
“Chicago Bears”
bears NFL OR football
bears –animal
bears NOT animal
11
Slide 12
Advanced Search Tips
O Boolean Terms and Other Stuff!
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/G
uides/Internet/Boolean.pdf
12
Slide 13
“Google or not Google – that is
the question!”
O SweetSearch: www.sweetsearch.com
O SweetSearch4Me: 4me.sweetsearch.com
O (lower reading levels)
O FamHoo: www.famhoo.com
O The Free Library: www.thefreelibrary.com
O Google Scholar: www.scholar.google.com (HS)
O Use “News” search on Google for current events
and articles: www.google.com
13
Slide 14
The Best Alternative to the
Search Engine
O FISD schools now have access to a variety of
reputable academic online databases and
search tools, called TexQuest.
O Access them from: http://fisd.weebly.com/fisdlibrary-resources.html
O Password = learn
O ALL OF THESE ARE RELIABLE RESOURCES USE THEM!
14
Slide 15
TexQuest Resources
15
Slide 16
Reading a Google Results Page
Looking for a current event?
Recognize advertisements
Preview URL
Know
how to
read a
Google
results
page!
16
Slide 17
VERIFYING SOURCES
17
Slide 18
How to Verify Source Validity
O Validity of search engine
O Critical thinking (“Does this make
sense?”):
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
O URL domains: .com .edu .gov .org
O Understand the purpose of each domain
O CAARP test
18
Slide 19
Source Validity Checklist
(Who wrote this and when & why –
and why should I trust this person?)
CAARP Test
Does this SMELL FISHY to you?
O Currency
O Authority
O Accuracy
O Relevance
O Purpose
Download
Checklist
Here!
19
Slide 20
A Word About Why Students
Cannot Rely on Wikipedia
O You must never fully rely on any one source for
important information.
O You especially can’t rely on something when you
don’t even know who wrote it.
O Sometimes “vandals” create malicious entries that
go uncorrected for months.
From “The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely On Wikipedia” by Mark E. Moran
[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/education/2010/march/The-Top-10-Reasons-Students20
Cannot-Cite-or-Rely-on-Wikipedia.html]
Slide 21
A Final Word About Why
Students Cannot Rely on
Wikipedia
O It says so on Wikipedia. According to Wikipedia
itself, “[W]hile some articles are of the highest
quality of scholarship, others are admittedly
complete rubbish. … use [Wikipedia] with an
informed understanding of what it is and what it
isn't.”
From “The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely On Wikipedia” by Mark E. Moran
[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/education/2010/march/The-Top-10-Reasons-Students-21
Cannot-Cite-or-Rely-on-Wikipedia.html]
Slide 22
SHARING WHAT YOU’VE
LEARNED
22
Slide 23
SHARING WHAT YOU’VE
LEARNED
Plagiarism
23
Slide 24
What is Plagiarism?
O Grammar Bytes: Plagiarism – Avoid
Academic Theft:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU
SaQ5-mDRI
O © Robin L. Simmons, used with permission
O Index:
O 0:00-3:53 = Quick Test
O 3:54-4:24 = Definition
O 4:25-9:07 = Excuses
O 9:09-13:23 = Strategies to Avoid Plagiarism
Get Notes
Here
24
Slide 25
What is Plagiarism?
O Plagiarism: How to Avoid It:
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y
O From Bainbridge State College (Bainbridge,
GA), used with permission
Get Notes
Here
25
Slide 26
How to Avoid Plagiarism
O Me? Plagiarize?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=TdMg7Yu4mPs
O licensed under Creative Commons
"Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike"
license from the Hartness Library
(Community College of Vermont and
Vermont Technical College)
Get Notes
Here
26
Slide 27
How to Organize Information
O Paraphrase in Notes
O Notecards or electronic
document
O Note source on each card
O Use large “ “ if needed
O Thinking Maps
O Outline
27
Slide 28
How to Communicate What
You’ve Learned – Without
Plagiarizing
O Use Own Words (not just change
every 5th word!)
O Quotation Marks when Needed
O Cite ALL Sources
28
Slide 29
How to Cite Sources
O MLA
Format may not be
important for every
class, but citing
sources is a MUST!
O Online Help
O EasyBib [www.EasyBib.com]
O Son of Citation Machine
[www.CitationMachine.net]
29
Slide 30
Other District Resources
O http://www.fisd.weebly.com
30
Slide 31
SOURCES FOR THIS
PRESENTATION
31
Slide 32
Information From:
O “22 Great Places if You Teach Research Skills”:
http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2012/10/22-great-placesif-you-teach-research.html
O Ten Steps to Better Web Research:
http://www.sweetsearch.com/TenSteps
O “We’re Doing Research!” PPT by C. Cates
O “Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites” from Kelly Gallagher’s
Write Like This and modified by J. Talley
O “The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely On
Wikipedia” by Mark E. Moran:
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/education/2010/march/TheTop-10-Reasons-Students-Cannot-Cite-or-Rely-on-Wikipedia.html
32
Slide 33
Teacher Resources
O Research topic lesson:
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/research/
O Key Words lesson:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/lesson-plans/keywords-learningfocus-internet-1122.html?tab=3#tabs
O Common Sense Media lessons:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educat
ors/scope-and-sequence
33
Slide 34
Example Web Resources
O Critical thinking:
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
O Bibliography format:
O EasyBib [www.EasyBib.com]
O Son of Citation Machine
[www.CitationMachine.net]
34
Research
(What? …Says who?)
Online Research Skills and
Avoiding Plagiarism
1
Slide 2
Agenda
O What is Research?
O Asking Questions
O Finding Answers
O Verifying Sources
O Sharing What You’ve Learned
…without Plagiarizing!
2
Slide 3
What is Research?
O Research is any time you ask a question and find
the answer:
O Looking up a video online or a friend on Facebook
O Flipping through a magazine to look for a specific
O
O
O
O
article
Looking for answers in a textbook
Writing a one page summary of an article or story
Writing a one paragraph (or even one sentence!)
answer after finding an answer to a quick question
Writing a research paper
3
Slide 4
ASKING QUESTIONS
4
Slide 5
How to Ask a Question
O If you are not given a topic:
O How to select a topic for research (online lesson)
[http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/research/]
O If you are given a topic or question:
O Put the question in your own words – really
understand what you are asking
O Reword the question 2 or 3 ways, using
synonyms, to find the most precise wording
5
Slide 6
FINDING ANSWERS
6
Slide 7
How to Search Online
1. Identify key words
2. Identify synonyms
3. Select Boolean or other search
function terms
4. Select search engine
7
Slide 8
Identifying Key Words:
Sample
You need to find out what people
in Korea eat.
O Ineffective search: What do people in
Korea eat?
O Try: Korean food (did you get restaurants?)
O Effective search: popular Korean food
~or~ Korean traditional food
8
Slide 9
Using Synonyms:
Sample
O Inexpensive plane tickets
O cheap, low-cost, low-priced, discount, bargain,
budget
O airlines, air travel, airfares, fares, flights
O Most popular movies last year
O top box office, hits, biggest sellers, success,
favorite
O films, cinema, Hollywood
O annual, 2013 [or other year]
Examples from: “The Key to Keywords” from
Common Sense Media [www.commonsensemedia.org]
9
Slide 10
Search Tips
O Search Tips from Google (click for handout)
O “ “ for exact quote
O - (or NOT) to exclude
O OR for multiple terms
O Boolean Operators Explained (webpage & video)
http://umb.libguides.com/content.php?pid=2383
98&sid=1967286
10
Slide 11
Boolean Search Terms:
Examples
1. Dolphins (animal)
dolphins –football
dolphins NOT football
2. Chicago Bears
“Chicago Bears”
bears NFL OR football
bears –animal
bears NOT animal
11
Slide 12
Advanced Search Tips
O Boolean Terms and Other Stuff!
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/G
uides/Internet/Boolean.pdf
12
Slide 13
“Google or not Google – that is
the question!”
O SweetSearch: www.sweetsearch.com
O SweetSearch4Me: 4me.sweetsearch.com
O (lower reading levels)
O FamHoo: www.famhoo.com
O The Free Library: www.thefreelibrary.com
O Google Scholar: www.scholar.google.com (HS)
O Use “News” search on Google for current events
and articles: www.google.com
13
Slide 14
The Best Alternative to the
Search Engine
O FISD schools now have access to a variety of
reputable academic online databases and
search tools, called TexQuest.
O Access them from: http://fisd.weebly.com/fisdlibrary-resources.html
O Password = learn
O ALL OF THESE ARE RELIABLE RESOURCES USE THEM!
14
Slide 15
TexQuest Resources
15
Slide 16
Reading a Google Results Page
Looking for a current event?
Recognize advertisements
Preview URL
Know
how to
read a
results
page!
16
Slide 17
VERIFYING SOURCES
17
Slide 18
How to Verify Source Validity
O Validity of search engine
O Critical thinking (“Does this make
sense?”):
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
O URL domains: .com .edu .gov .org
O Understand the purpose of each domain
O CAARP test
18
Slide 19
Source Validity Checklist
(Who wrote this and when & why –
and why should I trust this person?)
CAARP Test
Does this SMELL FISHY to you?
O Currency
O Authority
O Accuracy
O Relevance
O Purpose
Download
Checklist
Here!
19
Slide 20
A Word About Why Students
Cannot Rely on Wikipedia
O You must never fully rely on any one source for
important information.
O You especially can’t rely on something when you
don’t even know who wrote it.
O Sometimes “vandals” create malicious entries that
go uncorrected for months.
From “The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely On Wikipedia” by Mark E. Moran
[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/education/2010/march/The-Top-10-Reasons-Students20
Cannot-Cite-or-Rely-on-Wikipedia.html]
Slide 21
A Final Word About Why
Students Cannot Rely on
Wikipedia
O It says so on Wikipedia. According to Wikipedia
itself, “[W]hile some articles are of the highest
quality of scholarship, others are admittedly
complete rubbish. … use [Wikipedia] with an
informed understanding of what it is and what it
isn't.”
From “The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely On Wikipedia” by Mark E. Moran
[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/education/2010/march/The-Top-10-Reasons-Students-21
Cannot-Cite-or-Rely-on-Wikipedia.html]
Slide 22
SHARING WHAT YOU’VE
LEARNED
22
Slide 23
SHARING WHAT YOU’VE
LEARNED
Plagiarism
23
Slide 24
What is Plagiarism?
O Grammar Bytes: Plagiarism – Avoid
Academic Theft:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU
SaQ5-mDRI
O © Robin L. Simmons, used with permission
O Index:
O 0:00-3:53 = Quick Test
O 3:54-4:24 = Definition
O 4:25-9:07 = Excuses
O 9:09-13:23 = Strategies to Avoid Plagiarism
Get Notes
Here
24
Slide 25
What is Plagiarism?
O Plagiarism: How to Avoid It:
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=2q0NlWcTq1Y
O From Bainbridge State College (Bainbridge,
GA), used with permission
Get Notes
Here
25
Slide 26
How to Avoid Plagiarism
O Me? Plagiarize?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=TdMg7Yu4mPs
O licensed under Creative Commons
"Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike"
license from the Hartness Library
(Community College of Vermont and
Vermont Technical College)
Get Notes
Here
26
Slide 27
How to Organize Information
O Paraphrase in Notes
O Notecards or electronic
document
O Note source on each card
O Use large “ “ if needed
O Thinking Maps
O Outline
27
Slide 28
How to Communicate What
You’ve Learned – Without
Plagiarizing
O Use Own Words (not just change
every 5th word!)
O Quotation Marks when Needed
O Cite ALL Sources
28
Slide 29
How to Cite Sources
O MLA
Format may not be
important for every
class, but citing
sources is a MUST!
O Online Help
O EasyBib [www.EasyBib.com]
O Son of Citation Machine
[www.CitationMachine.net]
29
Slide 30
Other District Resources
O http://www.fisd.weebly.com
30
Slide 31
SOURCES FOR THIS
PRESENTATION
31
Slide 32
Information From:
O “22 Great Places if You Teach Research Skills”:
http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2012/10/22-great-placesif-you-teach-research.html
O Ten Steps to Better Web Research:
http://www.sweetsearch.com/TenSteps
O “We’re Doing Research!” PPT by C. Cates
O “Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites” from Kelly Gallagher’s
Write Like This and modified by J. Talley
O “The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite or Rely On
Wikipedia” by Mark E. Moran:
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/education/2010/march/TheTop-10-Reasons-Students-Cannot-Cite-or-Rely-on-Wikipedia.html
32
Slide 33
Teacher Resources
O Research topic lesson:
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/research/
O Key Words lesson:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/lesson-plans/keywords-learningfocus-internet-1122.html?tab=3#tabs
O Common Sense Media lessons:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educat
ors/scope-and-sequence
33
Slide 34
Example Web Resources
O Critical thinking:
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
O Bibliography format:
O EasyBib [www.EasyBib.com]
O Son of Citation Machine
[www.CitationMachine.net]
34