Academic Research – Grade 10!

Where do you go for info?

O You’re exploring a research question like “How do human cells function?”

O Or … you are working on a project like Globalization and Imperialism

O Where do you go for info?O Wikipedia?O Google?O How about www.sweetsearch.com?

It all starts in the VLC!

Links to all of these tools and databases are found in our RTHS Virtual Learning Commons:

www.vlc.rths.ca

e-LibraryO Use e-Library to find a print resource or

DVD in our Learning Commons

O To find e-Library go to the RTHS VLC at www.rths.vlc.ca, select Our Services and then Learning Commons from the top menu

O Select the e-Library button and log in using your CBE login and password

160,000+ Resources

Find streaming

videos, websites, images,

e-texts, and more

Link from D2L, share via email & URL, remix content, contribute your own, publish

Digital Resources

Anytime. Anywhere.

On any device. URL

Search by subject, grade, language, and more

Students and StaffUse your CBE login!

Rate resources and share

your comments

Your use will decide what’s next for CORE. Make it your

own.

Log in today at albertacore.ca

@core4learning

Search

Your favorite resources

Student created content

Searching in CORE

5 minute overview

O http://flhslearningcommons.blogspot.ca/p/how-tos-and-tutorials.html

We’ll take a look at two videos showing how to do a search in CORE: https://www.albertacore.ca/access/home.do

Online Reference Centre

O Find excellent databases in www.learnalberta.ca Online Reference Centre

O At school you will not have to log in, but at home you will have to log in with the username: LA06 and password 4105

O In the VLC find the ORC in the Learn Alberta link under Resources

Citing your SourcesO Whenever you use information or ideas from

a source of any kind for a project or essay it’s essential that you give credit to the person/people who wrote it!

O Avoid plagiarism by ALWAYS creating a list of references showing where the information was found.

O Showing your references is a key element in being a digital citizen at Thirsk!

Tools for ReferencingO There are two formats you will use for creating

references at RTHS: APA and MLA

O Your teacher will tell you which kind of format they want you to use in their class

O The good news is that many resources include the citation information in them and you can copy and paste it right into your list.

O There are also great tools to help you! Try Citation Machine www.citationmachine.net , BibMe or Noodle Tools, found in the VLC

Practice!O Using any of the databases or tools you’ve just seen, find

the following information about a country that starts with the same letter as your last name, or find three facts from 3 resources on a topic you are currently studying. Choose 3 different sources.

O Major exports of the countryO Climate change in the countryO Form of government

O Use Notepad to record your notes and create a Reference for the sources using Citation Machine.