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Landisville Middle School: Science Fair

Research Plan

  1. Plan for your search
  2. Search for your keyword in one database
    1. Track your search on your search tracking worksheet
      1. Create a citation for the source you found
      2. Save the source in Google Drive or OneDrive
  3. Repeat Step 2 with a new keyword
  4. Repeat Step 2 with a new keyword
  5. Repeat Step 2 with a new keyword
  6. Take notes on a source
    1. Find direct quotes
        1. Paraphrase
          1. Think about it and write down your own ideas
  7. Repeat step 6 with another source
  8. Repeat step 6 with another source
  9. Repeat step 6 with another source
  10. Repeat step 6 with another source

Gale Research in Context

Great for background information!

Contains Reference, magazines,

newspapers and images. 

FactCite

Science Reference Center

Great for source for answers to your 

research question and reporting what 

the scientific community has said.

POWER library

PowerLibrary has a little bit of everything!

You might be able to find a database to meet 

all of your research needs. Check out the descriptions 

here!

eLibrary


eLibrary is a great source for

answers to your research question

and reporting what the scientific

community has said.

Colelction

eBook Collection to help

you narrow down your search.

ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS

UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

HOW DO I LOCATE AND SELECT THE BEST PRINT AND DIGITAL SOURCES, USING SEARCH STRATEGIES EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO GATHER RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT MY TOPIC?

HOW DO I USE RELEVANT INFORMATION FROM TEXT FOUND IN SOURCES EFFECTIVELY AND APPROPRIATELY?

OPAC

Reference- Print and E-Books

                              

           

Manshall Cavendish E-books

Science Titles:

Exploring Life Science

Exploring Technology

How it Works

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Finding and Citing Your sources

If you forget anything we talked about in class you can review a presentation to help you search by clicking on the link  "Finding and Citing Your Sources."