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Research Strategies

21st Century Learner

How does research fit into the learning process? OA students will ACCESS information in a variety of

ways, including: A1. Actively and critically reading, listening and observing A2. Initiating appropriate questions A3. Conducting independent and collaborative research A4. Using appropriate technologies and networks to locate

and retrieve information A5. Demonstrating initiative while seeking information

Topics to be discussed

Research tools Citation tools Web 2.0 tools

Research is like a hero’s journey There will be many twists and turns Sometimes someone may feel like they are in

an abyss Take heart There is light at the end of the tunnel Rely on your strengths

What tools are available for research? Online catalog – Alexandria Databases – Gale and Ebscohost Internet -- Google, SweetSearch

Search Strategies

Options to Search Author Title Subject Key word

Boolean Operators And Or Not

Databases Available

EBSCOHost Literary Reference Center

Gale Gale Virtual Reference Literature Resources Contemporary Literature Resources Literature Resource Center LitFinder

Alexandria

Internet Searching

SweetSearch Tutorial SweetSearch searches only 35,000 Web

sites evaluated by librarians and teachers. This search engine can save students hours

of time by not having to sift through unnecessary information.

SweetSearch Results

Searching in Google

Google Search Results Keep it simple -- begin by using the very

basic search term (s) Less is more Use web friendly words -- For example,

instead of saying my head hurts, say headache, because that's the term a medical website would use.

Use descriptive terms

Advance Searching in Google

Search for specific types of files, such as PDFs, PPTs, or XLS, by adding filetype: and the 3-letter file abbreviation.

For example -- heroes tolkien criticism filetype:pdf

Google Search Results

Advance Searching in Google

Specific site search Precede your query with site: if you know you

want your answer from within a specific site or type of site (.org, .edu). For example: site:edu or site:nytimes.com.

Google Search Results

Citing sources

Information is included in the paper In-text citing Works cited

Citation Tools EasyBib – In-text Son of Citation

EasyBib -- Works Cited

In-Text Citations

Organizational tool

What is Evernote? Evernote

Bookmarking Tool

Delicious is the place to collect and showcase your passions from across the web. Save what you like - videos, pictures, tweets, blog posts, or articles - on topics you enjoy and compile them into one themed stack for easy sharing.

Delicious

Final Thoughts

To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction ... The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. - Martin Luther King, Jr., The Purpose of Education

Remember

Research in the 21st Century requires individuals to: A1. Actively and critically reading, listening and

observing A2. Initiating appropriate questions A3. Conducting independent and collaborative

research A4. Using appropriate technologies and networks

to locate and retrieve information A5. Demonstrating initiative while seeking

information