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?