Researching Day 1 Library Database Use Google Advanced Search, too How to use wikipedia… Save the files you MIGHT want to use Google Drive PDF in a folder on your H Drive them to yourself What’s a “good source?”

Researching Day 3 Begin to narrow which sources you will use What’s a “good source?” What are we looking for in a source? Remember that you need 4 sources that will support your claim and 1 source that will be your counter-claim or counter-argument

Types of Sources 1)Primary a) historical document FROM the time period b) raw data from a study you conduct c) map d) interview 2)Secondary uses primary documents to draw conclusions a) Scholarly or professional article b) Newspaper article 3)Tertiary Source gives short overviews of the topic a) Textbook b) Encyclopedia Article

Reliable Sources according to Booth. Colomb, and Williams A reliable source meets the criteria on pages 35 in COR.

Reliable Sources according to Booth. Colomb, and Williams 1) Published/ posted by reputable press Reliable: New York Times CNN Wall Street Journal The Atlantic Not Reliable: Wikipedia Blogs united.com/

Reliable Sources according to Booth. Colomb, and Williams 2) Peer-reviewed Reliable: National Council of Teachers of English Project MUSE Not Reliable: News 12 Fox News CNN television

Reliable Sources according to Booth. Colomb, and Williams 4) If it is only available online, it must be supported by a reliable framework Mosty Reliable:.edu.gov Sometimes Reliable:.com.org

Reliable Sources according to Booth. Colomb, and Williams 5) Content is CURRENT The definition of current depends on your topic and the type of source.

Reliable Sources according to Booth. Colomb, and Williams 6 and 7) It has a bibliography that lists other sources and/or notes

Reliable Sources according to Booth. Colomb, and Williams 8) Author is a reputable scholar Reliable: PhD Published before Correspondent, editor, senior editor, columnist Not Reliable: No academic credentials No other publications listed

Reliable Sources according to Booth. Colomb, and Williams 8) Approaches the topic judiciously Reliable: Acknowledges both sides Admits counter- arguments Uses fair language Not Reliable: Biased Disparages those who disagree

— The following are unreliable sources because they require confirmation with a reliable source: ¡ Wikipedia: although this is a good starting point for finding initial ideas about a topic, some of their information and attached resources may not be reliable ¡ Blogs, tweets ¡ Personal websites ¡ Forums ¡ Sites created by organizations that may have political or biased agendas ¡ Sites that provide biased information ¡ Self-published sources ¡ Opinionated articles such as editorials ¡ Online sources with an URL that ends in html, which is the basic building blocks of web pages — Some online sources with an URL that end in.com are unreliable: ¡ Sites of companies that conduct their business over the internet. Some of these sites are unreliable because they have hidden agendas. ¡ THINK: are they trying to sell me something? A product? An idea?

Three main places for sources 1) Library - text sources 2) Library databases - online sources 3) Search Engine - online sources

How to access our library databases… Go to the White Plains High School page Go to the Library On the library page, there is a link for the online databases