 Topic/research question  Preliminary research  Focus topic  Sources  Evaluate credibility  Source cards  Note cards  Thesis statement  Outline  Power point

 Systematic investigation to establish facts or principles or to collect information on a subject

 Report which combines facts and original insights to present information on a topic  Each original conclusion in a research report should be supported by facts and other evidence.

 Materials that might be used as a source of information  To get an overview of their topic researchers might want to check resources such as encyclopedias or other reference work.

 Subject of research  Because there was too much information on his research topic, he decided to narrow his focus.

General Goal: I want to understand Divergent better OR I want to relate what I learned in Divergent to a real world topic. Question: Which faction would ______________have been in? What are 3 actions or beliefs held by that person to help me determine his/her faction? Set Research Goals First, write down the goals for your research.

 Anything that supplies information.  She took facts from several sources including books, articles, and web sites.

 Giving of credit to source of information used in a research report  Without documentation, the source or origin of facts would be unknown. Documentation

WWithout documentation, you would be PLAGIARIZING!

UUse of other people’s words and/or ideas without an explanation of where these ideas and words came from. Plagiarism

 Two types of documentation:  In text citations  End text citations Documentation

 In text citations go right in your report next to the information you got from the source. Documentation We will not use in-text for this project. We will learn this when we write a documented essay.

 End text citations go right at the end of the report. You may know these as the Bibliography or Works Cited page. Documentation You WILL have to create a Works Cited slide for your power point presentation. You MUST include a Works Cited slide for your project.

 Index cards that contain the relevant information about a source that would enable others to easily find the source themselves  Using his source card, he was able to locate the address of the web site and reprint the lost pages. Source Cards You WILL have to create a Works Cited slide for your power point presentation.

 Source cards should contain ALL the information you will use in your Works Cited slide (McDougal 1058) Source Cards

Web article Author (last name and first). “Article title.” Site Title. Date posted or last updated. Sponsor. (if available) Date accessed.

 Note Cards will contain the information you find in your research.  You will probably use this in your report. Note Cards

Topic (what note is about)Source # Note content: If quoted, put in quotation marks. It is best to paraphrase or put in your own words.

Note Cards

Avoid Plagiarism