Searching for Information

Intro to Research

Part 2

Review

Develop a list of key words related to your topic

Keep a journal of search successes and failures

Save all your work in one place, both physically and electronically

What are the best places to search?

Depends on what you’re looking for!TypeQuantityQuality

Looking for Books:

InfoCentre

eBooks

Southgate Public Library

Looking for Articles and Data:

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

CQResearcher

MeL Databases

What about the World Wide Web?

Try NetTrekker!Quality resources

Controlled reading difficulty

Read aloud feature

What about Wikipedia?

Great place to find key words!

Check comments about the article: needs references, etc.

Great place to find other links

What about Google?Try the Advanced Search (including Topic-Specific Searches: Book Search, Google Scholar, U.S. Government)Sign up for a free Google account for email, personal search history, web-based documents, and more

Next Time

I’ve Found Some Information,

Now What?