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Steps in Making
ResearchEasier
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Step 1: The Key to Success
• Keep your researchnote sheets,assignment sheets,and other papersorganized during theresearch project
•
Understand yourassignment and knowwhat your teacher isrequiring.
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Step 2: Writing your Questions
•
Know a good question from abad one.
• Good questions usually beginwith why, how, or sometimeswhat and bad questions usually
begin with who, where, or when.
• Good questions require long,detailed answers and badquestions have short answerswith few details.
• Bad questions can be changedinto good questions bycombining bad questions andcorrect the wording.
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Good questions or bad questions1. How did Marcus
Antonius influenceCaesar? How wasRome represented in
the play?
2. Where was JuliusCaesar born?
3. Why did Shakespearechose to write about
Julius Caesar?
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Good or Bad Questions
Continued
4. Why was the the FirstTriumvirate the greatturning point in JuliusCaesar’s career?What kind of leader
was Caesar?
5. Who was Plutarch?
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Step 3: How to Skim and Scan toFind Answers to Questions1. Know the keywords from
the questions to help youlocate information quickly.
Example: What kind of leader was Julius Caesar?
2. Know the synonyms forthe keywords in order to
skim and scan.Look at the questionabove. The synonyms are______, _____, and _____.
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How to Find Keywords andSynonyms in Books and Web SitesQuickly• Keep your questions
next to you whileresearching.
• Have the keywords andsynonyms written nextto each question.
• Run your eyes down(skim) and across thepage or screen (scan)while looking forkeywords andsynonyms.
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What to Skim First to Find
Answers Quickly• Beginning and ending
sentences of paragraphs
•Headings and subheading
• Photos and captions
• Bold and italicized words
• Use table of contents andindex to locate page
numbers
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Research means….
• Re-searching
• Re-looking
• Re-reading
• Re-investigating
until ALL your questionsare answered.
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Step 4: Taking Notes
• As you begin writing theanswers to questions, keepyour list of questions andkeywords nearby.
• Skim and scan for answers.
• Write your notes clearly soyou can read them later.
• Summarize your answersand do NOT copy word-for-word.
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Research Note Sheets
Identify the subject (slug)Source #
Use one of the three ways totake notes: paraphrase,summarize, or write adirect quotation.
Page #
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Sample Source Card from Book
Source #
Smith, John D. Rome Long Ago:
Caesar’s Reign. New York:Penguin Press, 2004.
Mesquite H.S. Library 913.3 S