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Steps in Making

ResearchEasier

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Step 1: The Key to Success

• Keep your researchnote sheets,assignment sheets,and other papersorganized during theresearch project

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Understand yourassignment and knowwhat your teacher isrequiring.

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Step 2: Writing your Questions

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Know a good question from abad one.

• Good questions usually beginwith why, how, or sometimeswhat and bad questions usually

begin with who, where, or when.

• Good questions require long,detailed answers and badquestions have short answerswith few details.

• Bad questions can be changedinto good questions bycombining bad questions andcorrect the wording.

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Good questions or bad questions1. How did Marcus

Antonius influenceCaesar? How wasRome represented in

the play?

2. Where was JuliusCaesar born?

3. Why did Shakespearechose to write about

 Julius Caesar?

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Good or Bad Questions

Continued

4. Why was the the FirstTriumvirate the greatturning point in JuliusCaesar’s career?What kind of leader

was Caesar?

5. Who was Plutarch?

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Step 3: How to Skim and Scan toFind Answers to Questions1. Know the keywords from

the questions to help youlocate information quickly.

Example: What kind of leader was Julius Caesar?

2. Know the synonyms forthe keywords in order to

skim and scan.Look at the questionabove. The synonyms are______, _____, and _____.

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How to Find Keywords andSynonyms in Books and Web SitesQuickly• Keep your questions

next to you whileresearching.

• Have the keywords andsynonyms written nextto each question.

• Run your eyes down(skim) and across thepage or screen (scan)while looking forkeywords andsynonyms.

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What to Skim First to Find

Answers Quickly• Beginning and ending

sentences of paragraphs

•Headings and subheading

• Photos and captions

• Bold and italicized words

• Use table of contents andindex to locate page

numbers

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Research means….

• Re-searching

• Re-looking

• Re-reading

• Re-investigating

until ALL your questionsare answered.

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Step 4: Taking Notes

• As you begin writing theanswers to questions, keepyour list of questions andkeywords nearby.

• Skim and scan for answers.

• Write your notes clearly soyou can read them later.

• Summarize your answersand do NOT copy word-for-word.

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Research Note Sheets

Identify the subject (slug)Source #

Use one of the three ways totake notes: paraphrase,summarize, or write adirect quotation.

Page #

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Sample Source Card from Book

  Source #

Smith, John D. Rome Long Ago:

Caesar’s Reign. New York:Penguin Press, 2004.

Mesquite H.S. Library 913.3 S