RESEARCH! for public speaking 26 February 2016 Mr. Cook
What info do i Need?
Info you need You should learn all you can about your topic. Gather evidence to support the statements you make. Your own experience is sometimes the best evidence you could have.
Where should i look?
Why not just Google everything? ● Search engines only index static pages ● Dynamic content referred to as “deep web” ● Google, Yahoo, etc. only crawl about 37% of the deep web That’s 63% that people who solely use Google are missing. He, Ben; Patel, Mitesh; Zhang, Zhen; and Chang, Kevin. “Accessing the Deep Web.” Communications of the ACM 50.5 (5 May 2007): Web. 12 February doi> /
Why should you C A R E ?
Why you should... C urrent, A ccurate, R elevant, E xpert.
C urrent resources are up-to-date and timely. Look for: copyright date published date last updated
A ccurate resources are consistent and verifiable. Look for: impartiality detailed information comprehensive coverage list of references corroboration
R elevant resources answer your questions. Look for: the right audience information you can use author’s motives ➔ economic, political, academic, philosophical, religious, etc.
E xpert resources come from trusted sources. Look for: well-constructed sites author’s credentials.org,.edu,.gov Always view commercial & personal websites with a skeptical eye.
Suggested Library Databases Academic Search Elite Points of View Reference Center Newspaper Source Student Research Center TOPICsearch World Book Online...and others relevant to your topic
MLA Link in here!
MLA Basics for Online Citations Works Cited (last page of paper) AuthorLast, AuthorFirst. “Title or article/webpage in quotes.” Title of source/site in italics. Organization, DateofCreation. ModeOfAccess. DateOfAccess. Cook, Tim. “How to cite online resources.” BeAGoodBengal.org. Greensboro Day School, Web. 21 January 2016.
Take notes and paraphrase! 6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing 1. Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning. 2. Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase. 3. Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you envision using this material. At the top, write a key phrase or word to indicate the subject of your paraphrase. 4. Check your rendition with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form. 5. Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phraseology you have borrowed exactly from the source. 6. Record the source (including the page) so that you can credit it easily if you decide to incorporate the material into your paper. The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University. “Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words.” Purdue OWL. The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue, February 2016.
Take notes and paraphrase! “Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes.” (Lester, 2014) Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers : A complete guide, 15th ed. New York, NY: Pearson, Web. 8 January 2015.
Take notes and paraphrase! In his book Writing Research Papers : A complete guide, James Lester asserts that students often quote excessively in research papers, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level of roughly 10%. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize source material recorded verbatim. (Lester, 2014) Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers : A complete guide, 15th ed. New York, NY: Pearson, Web. 8 January 2015.
Big6 Writing Process Organizer This is a really helpful tool to keep your thoughts together.
Remember to... C urrent, A ccurate, R elevant, E xpert.