1. Picking
quality and
using
information
Mrs. Stigge
Piper High School

2. Book Sources
Usually RELIABLE but do have bias (not always a bad
thing)
Examples
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3. Online Sources
You have to play detective
to determine reliability
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4. A research
database is…
Oracle OpenWorld San Fransisco 2009 Flickr CC Attribution

5. A research
database is…
Online
Oracle OpenWorld San Fransisco 2009 Flickr CC Attribution

6. A research
database is…
Searchable
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7. A research
database is…
Generally
published,
quality
information
Oracle OpenWorld San Fransisco 2009 Flickr CC Attribution

8. A research
database…
does your
citing for you!
Oracle OpenWorld San Fransisco 2009 Flickr CC Attribution

9. A research
database is…
accessed
courtesy of
your library
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10. PHS
databases
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11. General websites found
through search engines

12. Authority
Bias* or objectivity
Currency

13. Use the “About”
Page

15. Sometimes really small
at the bottom

16. Use the URL

17. Hosting Computer

18. File path and name

19. dot what?

20. dot what?
edu org
gov net
com mil

21. Example

22. Citation chase on
Sergio Savaman Savarese Flickr CC Attribution
At the bottom

23. So,
Books are
Research databases are
Use ABC for internet searching
“About us” and URL
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24. Remember,
your
project is
only as
strong as
the
information
you use!
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25. Using the
information
you find

26. Paraphrase
Uses the info,
but not the wording
Still cited
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27. Muslims typically fast
during the month of
Ramadan, during which
it is believed that the
gates of hell are closed
and the gates of heaven
are open (Grieve 112).

28. Quote
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Using author’s
exact words
Citation and
quotation marks

29. One event is Islam’s “annual
fast [that] takes place during
the lunar month of Ramadan,
the holiest month of the
Islamic calendar” (Grieve
112).

30. Either way,
( ) + WC

31. For you

32. Now, go
forth…
Use
information
wisely; use
information
well.
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