Information Literacy/Research Skills
Developing a Research Question
Narrowing a Topic and Developing a Research Question - From University of Indiana Library
Developing Successful Research Questions - From UC Merced Library
Effective Searching Strategies
Keyword Bank - Pick keywords that will help you find relevant results. Keep adding to the bank and you continue with your research and find better terms.
- The Boolean Machine
- Electronic Searching Strategies: Boolean operators and more
- Using the Advanced Search Function in Google: Video Tutorial
Electronic Searching Strategies, Student activities for effective searching:
Media Literacy and Lateral Reading:
Fake News
Lateral Reading
Click Restraint
News Literacy Resources: Fake News and Evaluating Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
- "8 Types of Plagiarism" - from iParadigms (makers of Turnitin)
- Types of Plagiarism and How to Avoid it - from iParadigms (makers of Turnitin)
- "Understanding Plagiarism ... with some help from Dr. Seuss" - from University of Hawaii
- The Plagiarism Spectrum - from Turnitin
Videos about plagiarism:
Citing Sources
Guides for Citing Sources:
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide from OWL Purdue
- MLA Sample Paper from OWL Purdue
- Overview of Using In-Text Citations based upon information from OWL Purdue
- MLA Works Cited from OWL Purdue
Paraphrasing and Note Taking
Paraphrasing and Quoting:
- Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing - What are the differences and When to use from OWL Purdue
- Paraphrasing Lesson
Note Taking Sheets:
Synthesizing Information
Rubrics:
- Research Only
- Whole Research Project
- Argumentative Writing and Informational Writing from Smarter Balanced