More Questions Than Answers:Finding Resources for your Assignment
Nicole BranchEnglish 2A
April 11, 2016
Please sit with your groups!
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Today we will…
• Define your topic using questions
• Develop searchable keywords
• Find books
• Find articles
• Find and use images ethically
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Research Process
Topic
Keywords
BackgroundSearch
Refine
Questioning Your Topic
Questions can:
• Help narrow your topic
• Reveal different aspects of your topic
• Help focus your message
College-age voting
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It’s the Questions• Get together with your team
• Decide on a brief summary of your core topic
• Write it on the white board
• Visit each team’s topic and record questions you have about that topic
• Your question must be new to the board
Narrow in
• Return to your team
• Review the questions you received
• As a group, select the two questions you like the best
• Record these questions on the PadLet
Keyword Development
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Books
• Library catalog
• OSCAR
• Exploring book content
Finding Articles
• OneSearch
• Types of sources
• Exploring by subject
Finding Images
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Image Sources
• Flickr
• ArtStor
• AP Images