How to research
By Carly Noblin
Good sources
1. Mid-Continent (Online) and (Library)
2. Ebsco host
3. Library of congress is good for famous people that made a change in things like Walt Disney he made a big change in filming Arts.
4.Encyclopedia is good for making sure that you have good information.
When gathering reliable information you have to be able to know what you don't think is right and if you don't think that the information is reliable then you can find other sources that might be about the same topic and see if they also have to same information to give.Also you have to use your background knowledge.This means if you have to compare what you know about the topic and compare what the source has to say about the topic.
Keywords
Say your topic is about , Why do we need to drink water? Then you get a really good source and on an sentence says " Everyone need to drink water to stay high-dratted."You would not want want to put the whole sentence in your notes because it takes time when you could be looking for another source or sentence.When you are looking for answers you take the keywords that are in the sentence and put then on your notes so that you can make your own sentence.
Quoting
Paraphrase
Summarizing
Is the resources that I have credible to use?
Also when you are looking for credible sources you want to look if the page has a lot of adds.When a source has adds you have to know if the cite want you to buy something that is on the adds.Read over the article carefully so that you know if it makes since and it is good for you paper.
The last thing that you will want to keep in mind when searching for a credible sources is pictures and also video's .Make sure that the pictures and video's help you to understand the topic and they look real.There are cites out there that can make you think that something is real when it is not real.They can do this by photo shop and also tricking you to think that it look's like something when it is something else.
Plagiarism
1.Citing your sources.This will help you give credit to the author and not plagiarize.
2.Quotes around your sentences that you did not paraphrase.
3.Taking notes.Make sure that you took good notes.You want to make sure that it makes sense , make sure you can read them , and last make sure your notes are organised.This will help you so that when you are looking over your notes you don't have to look back to find your sources and find what you meant to say in your notes and it will safe you time.
4. Paraphrasing will help you not plagiarize by putting the details in your own words.
5.Keywords will help you by also putting the text in your words by mixing the words around and then filling the blanks in with also your own words.