So you have to do some research……

Where do you start?

Frame “Essential Questions” about your topic

Key questions will guide your information mining

- sorts information trash from treasure!

Essential Question

Where can you find information?

You have choices……

JCPL Databases

• Public Library Research Page

• Subscription Databases

How do you know if the website is any good?

Whodunit? Can you find them?

.com

.org

.gov

.edu

Contact Info

Why did they do it?

Latest & Greatest?

Caveat emptor….

“Let the buyer beware”

Be an informed consumer of information!

Corroborating evidence needed for .com sites

Check Wikipedia references for usable .gov or .org sites

Intellectual Property

Document your information source!

“Working Bibliography”

vs

“Works Cited”

Presentation slides by

Gail Bonner

Linda Glynn

University of Colorado Denver

2008

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