Starting a Research Project
The collecting of information about a particular subject.
What is the definition of research?
The search engine that we all use to do research.
What is Google?
Use quotation marks, - signs, and Boolean techniques such as Or/And.
What is to narrow your search?
The author or publisher, the URL, the contact information, and the background information.
A law that exists to protect your intellectual property rights. The work must be original, creative, and in a concrete form (written, recorded, etc.).
What is copyright law?
To answer a question, solve a problem, or because we're forced to for school.
Why we do research?
What are alternative search engines to Google?
Shown at the top directly under the search bar. You can use these to narrow your search by images, videos, tools, etc.
What are Google filters?
What is the currency of this website?
Fair use, parody, educational purposes, public domain, work for hire.
Mesopotamia, Ancient China, genetic engineering, and helping the environment.
What are some research topics we cover in sixth grade?
Collections of websites compiled by actual people by topic.
What are subject directories?
When searching for an entity, such as, person, place, or thing, you will see this box on the right.
What is the Knowledge Panel?
Check the bibliography, verify the information elsewhere, check for typos and spelling errors, and check if the photos are real.
How to confirm the accuracy of the website?
Taking someone else's work and claiming it as your own.
What is Plagiarism?
The most important words related to a subject that we want to research.
What are keywords?
Collections or articles, newspapers, documents, and reference books.
What are subscription databases?
What are the natural results?
To teach, or sell, or entertain, or persuade.
What is the purpose of the website?
You are breaking the Academic Honesty rule and you could face failing grades and suspension.
What are the consequences of plagiarism?
Use a dictionary, thesaurus, or alternate phrasing.
What are ways to choose or modify keywords?
For example, Dogpile and Yippy.
What are metasearch engines?
The title, the web address, and the snippet.
What are the parts of an individual search result?
Check that the info relates to your topic, is appropriate, is your reading level, and answers your research question.
How to check the relevance of the website.