The Research Process Library Resources What is available in your Library?

The Research ProcessThe Research Process

Library Resources

What is available in your What is available in your Library?Library?

I Have To Write a WHAT????I Have To Write a WHAT????

A RESEARCH PAPER!!!!!A RESEARCH PAPER!!!!!

What Are Your Information What Are Your Information Tools?Tools?

What Research QuestionsWhat Research Questions Do I Ask???? Do I Ask????

Use Multiple Sources, Select, Use Multiple Sources, Select, and Retrieve.and Retrieve.

Here Are Your Choices:Here Are Your Choices:

Over 10,000 Non-Fiction Over 10,000 Non-Fiction Books (books of facts)Books (books of facts)

Reference Books:Reference Books:

Atlas Almanac Encyclopedia Biographical Dictionary Geographic Dictionary Specific Subject Encyclopedia Readers Guide (indexes magazine articles) Other Indexes

Biography and Autobiography Biography and Autobiography BooksBooks

Non Book tools:Non Book tools:

Newspapers Magazines Maps Political Cartoons Surveys Videos

Photographs or Interviews or Photographs or Interviews or Organizations (ex: Red Cross)Organizations (ex: Red Cross)

What is Plagiarism????? To What is Plagiarism????? To steal and pass off as one’s steal and pass off as one’s

own the work of another. DO own the work of another. DO NOT USE SOMEONE NOT USE SOMEONE

ELSES WORDS!!! PUT IN ELSES WORDS!!! PUT IN YOUR OWN WORDS!!!!!! DO YOUR OWN WORDS!!!!!! DO

NOT COPY!!!!!!! NOT COPY!!!!!!!

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