Library Resources
The website where you can find all of the library's resources in one place
What is library.dwight.edu?
It is important to evaluate resources to determine whether they are...
What is reliable? (Also acceptable: trustworthy, credible)
These questions can be answered easily with yes or no or an easily searchable answer
What are closed questions?
Primary or secondary source: a letter written by a soldier during WWI
What is primary?
What is 2?
The part of the library website where you can search for what books the library has
What is the online catalog?
Strategy that requires you to leave the source you're looking at and open other tabs to learn about it
What is lateral reading?
These are important words related to your research topic that you might type into a search engine or database to find resources
What are keywords
A resource that is written by someone who did not witness or experience the thing they are writing about; it is not always written in the same time period or location that the event occurred.
What is a secondary source?
The name of ONE book Ms. Glass has booktalked this year that you want to read
Many possible answers!
The site you can use to check out ebooks from the library
What is Overdrive (or Sora)?
This person made the videos we watched on evaluating sources
Who is John Green?
This type of resource is a firsthand account of something; something written by someone who saw or experienced an event themself
What is a primary source?
Primary or secondary source: an autobiography of a politician
What is primary?
The number of siblings Ms. Glass has
What is 1?
Name 2 examples of online databases or other resources that the library subscribes to
What are CultureGrams, SIRS Discoverer, ScienceFlix, Encyclopedia Britannica, World Book, Grolier, Research in Context, etc.
Staying on one website and looking at the about us page, the date, how professional it looks, etc. to evaluate it is called this
What is vertical reading?
It is important to cite your sources in a research project so that you avoid doing this (copying someone else's ideas)
What is plagiarism?
Primary or secondary source: a history textbook
What is secondary?
Name one singer/band Ms. Glass likes
Possible answers: Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato, Goo Goo Dolls
You need to look at this for important information if you are trying to use a library database outside of school
What is the Dwight database password list?
When looking at who's behind the information, what TWO main things should you be looking for?
What are authority and perspective?
A good research question should be these 3 things
What is clear, focused, and arguable
Primary or secondary source: a dictionary
What is secondary?
Name one university Ms. Glass has attended
Possible Answers: University of Notre Dame, Stanford University, Syracuse University