HOW TO RESEARCH BETTER, STRONGER, FASTER from Mrs. Modrow - “Bionic Librarian” with a huge amount of collaboration from the Middle School Librarian Team

Copyright – Plagiarism Give me a few things you remember about the Plagiarism and Copyright lessons we have had: What is Plagiarism? What are a few consequences of plagiarizing? What is Copyright infringement? How is it different from Plagiarism? How can you avoid plagiarizing? How do you avoid Copyright infringement?

In this world of instant communication, our kids are bombarded with all kinds of information from all directions. It’s a bit overwhelming---not to mention time consuming—to sift through all the choices.

"civil war" “Texas Indians" “planets" “tigers" About 121,000,000 results (0.07 seconds)  “Texas Indians" About 117,000,000 results (0.44 seconds)  Most kids will turn to Google as the first, last and only choice to find information, but Google gives too much, unfiltered info. Fast? Yes. But not efficient or easy to navigate. That’s where we come in--- “planets" “tigers" About 132,000,000 results (0.13 seconds)  About 5,800,000 results (0.13 seconds) 

RESEARCH DATABASES DISD Library Services Rise of the Nazi Party Political Unrest in Germany WWII Technology Weapons of WWII Airplanes of WWII Leaders of the Time Famous Wartime Speeches Tanks... etc DISD Library Services

ENCYCLOPEDIAS Britannica Online Encyclopedia More in-depth encyclopedia Interfaces for middle school level Spanish version available Special features – Primary sources; Spanish translation (word only); videos and images Point out tabs across the top of the home page Learning Materials Teacher Resources (across bottom of home page) Audio feature; media videos and images It is like one stop shopping and point out the Table of Contents which works like their Outline of their project. Find the already completed citation. All of the databases have them. The related materials tabs - the Webs Best Sites and Primary Sources. Britanica is a good first stop to get the background of your topics.

GALE RESOURCES GALE Virtual Library   GALE Virtual Library Combines at least six GALE databases into comprehensive resource Six options for extensive cross- reference/Boolean searches Includes magazine and newspaper articles, reference books, and images Literature Resource Center contains over 12,000 authors from every age and literary discipline Gale stuff that would apply to their topics, then Student Resources in Context in Ebsco and show how to find the citations in each of those. Once you know one database, it is just a matter of showing that the others work basically the same.

GALE RESOURCES GALE Opposing Viewpoints Current issue topics are covered from both sides Documentation is provided to support issue topics from magazines, journals and pamphlets Issue topics are relevant to social studies, science and speech/debate Statistic tab

MAGAZINE/PERIODICAL DATABASES EBSCO Explora for Middle Schools Written for older students and has grade appropriate topics Supports advanced searching Content from magazines, journals & newspapers (140 for middle school) Special Features – lexile leveling; can limit search by date or source

SOCIAL STUDIES DATABASES   CultureGrams Three editions – world, state, kids WORLD Edition: 25 facts from every country of the world, pronunciation and national anthem audio, recipes, famous people and picture gallery STATE Edition: facts about all 50 states in the US KIDS Edition: smaller scope and easier level but adequately covers world information

READING DATABASES Teaching Books   Teaching Books Contains videos, audio and slide shows connected with authors Authors pronouncing their own names Links to author websites - example, Rick Riordan

DISCOVERY STREAMING & Power Media Plus Student Resources Homework Help Webinars Math tutoring Interactive games   Discovery Ed: show them that they can listen and take notes but also show them the transcript feature and citation.

Advance Search tool in Google and how to use the Tools in Google to find images they can use with attribution.

Multimedia Tools I have been promising more links for copyright free images or images you only have to cite (give credit/attribution). Here it is! This wonderful page was assembled by the Crownover Librarian, Ms. McCormick.

Lots of assistance from these human resources! Rhonda Thomas- rthomas@dentonisd.org Anna Modrow – amodrow@dentonisd.org Bonnie McCormick – bmccormick@dentonisd.org