Choosing suitable resources to answer the

research question.

• Identify and locate a range of relevant sources

• Locate information related to inquiry questions in a

range of sources.

Choosing the right book

• How helpful is the title?

• The go-to tools – Content Page and Index.

The cover

*Qin Achievements

*Failures of the Qin

The contents page

The Index

Structure of Paragraph

The Topic Sentence: Scan for keywords

“Partly to bolster his legitimacy in the face of such

opposition but also to foster centralisation and

standardisation, the first emperor organised mammoth

building projects”

Creating a bibliography using Word –

Mac Computers

• Open up a new document

• Save it as Year 7 Ancient China Bibliography

• Click on Document Elements

• Go across to the tab Bibliography and click on Manage

• Make sure it says APA at the top

• Click on the + sign

• Begin to fill in the blank spaces from the title page and

copyright page and press OK

Creating a bibliography using

Word-Windows computers

1. Open a Word document

2. Click on the tab References

3. Make sure the drop down menu at the top is APA

4. Click on Manage Sources - a box should appear

5. Click NEW at the center of the box and another box will open.

6. Choose the type of source - Book/web site will be the most likely.

7. Fill in the details of your information in the bibliographic fields provided

8. Press OK and you will see a master list of your sources and a preview of how the reference will appear in your text and in your bibliography

9. To insert a reference in your work click Insert Citation and a drop down menu of your sources will appear (you can add to the list from here too). Simply click the one you want to use.

10. To generate a bibliography at the end of the assignment, click on Bibliography, choose the style you wish to use and it will appear at the end of your work.

Task: Using topic sentences to assist in finding information

to answer Focus Questions

• Using the fifth option under the heading “Helpful

Extracts” on the Libguide and what we have learnt about

topic sentences, try to answer the first focus question:

What were Qin Shi Huangdhi’s achievments?

• How useful was the source?

• Using the same extract, try to answer the second focus

question ; How did the achievements effect China?

(positive and negative )

• How useful is the source?