The Ethical Researcher: Big Ideas of Notemaking and Notetaking There are 4 phases of notemaking and notetaking. By mapping these phases to the information literacy process (Building Blocks of Research), we teach the intellectual, creative and ethical use of information school-wide and assure that all students can find, understand, evaluate, and use information in various forms to create and contribute for personal, social or global purposes. Phase 1: Prepare for notetaking The first phase maps to the early stages of engaging and defining the information literacy process. What are students doing? What big ideas should I teach? Examples To evoke prior knowledge and investment: "What do you know? Phase 2: Organize for notetaking The second phase occurs during the planning and locating stages of the information literacy process. What are students doing? What big ideas should I teach? To gather, organize and refine search terms: Cluster and refine To preassess the value of sources: "RATE No Wasted Work!" Phase 3: Design and use notes as thinking tools
50 of the Most Dependable Web Resources for University Students | Educhoices.org Knowing where to turn for facts, handy web apps and other types of resources can make student life a lot easier. Read on for a list of 50 of the most useful and dependable online resources for college and university students. Research Resources The Internet is a great place to find information and check facts--if you know where to go. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Free Web Apps Time is a precious commodity for college and university students. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. del.icio.us - There are lots of bookmarking tools on the web, but del.icio.us is one of the best. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 30 Boxes - Possibly the most convenient online calendar in the world, 30 Boxes is the ultimate solution for students who need to keep track of dates, activities and tasks without a whole lot of fuss. 46. 47. 48.
Using Google Search Operators You can use most of the options we discussed in Google’s Advanced Search Form in a regular search box query. If you’re a frequent searcher or a “power searcher,” this can save time because you don’t need to open the Advanced Search page and fill in various boxes; instead, you can enter the refined query in almost any Google search box. You’ll use advanced operators, query words that have special meaning to Google. Since the advanced operators are convenient for searching, Google Guide calls them search operators. Note: We recommend that you skip ahead to the Part Understanding Results unless you’re an experienced Google user or you want to know how to use Google’s advanced operators. 1. Here are three places you can find examples of search operators. Visit the Google Guide Advanced Operator Quick Reference and look for special operators of the form operator:value.Fill in Google’s Advanced Search form. Read through the descriptions below and try the examples. 2. 4. 4.1. 4.2.
wordIQ.com - Search for Knowledge The Information Literacy Game Players take turns moving around the board, answering questions. There are four categories, and two questions must be answered correctly from each category in order to win. The Categories are: Category 1 - Choose Your Resource Category 2 - Searching/Using Databases Category 3 - Cite Your Sources/Avoid Plagiarism Category 4 - Library Wild Card As you answer a question correctly from each category, you will receive a light corresponding to the color of the category. On the Home Stretch, you must answer a question from each category correctly in order to advance a space. There are 3 special squares you can land on: Light Bulb: This space will ask you to compare two different websites, or evaluate one website for different kinds of information. Single Person Play Single play is much like the group game, with two additions. Keyboard Commands D - Roll the die to start the next player's turnH - Opens/closes the Help WindowS - Toggles game sounds on or off1-4 - Select the correct answer to questions
Welcome to Project Gutenberg 10 Steps to Writing an Essay -- Step 1c: Researching in the Libr Step 1c: Researching in the Library A common misconception among students is that the library is full of old, out-of-date, musty books -- probably none from this century -- and therefore any books found there would be so out of step with the current discussion on the topic that the books, and any effort to retrieve them, would be utterly useless. Fortunately, all libraries have acquisitions departments with specialists from different fields of scholarship who constantly order up-to-date books on the contemporary issues in almost all fields. As a result, most libraries have books on all issues at least within the last ten years or so. Retrieving books saves energy Another misconception many students have is that even if they were to see a book listed on the electronic catalogs, it would be too much of a hassle to physically go to the library, hike the stairs, take elevators perhaps, wander among the stacks and corridors, skim through eternal Library of Congress call numbers, and so on.
Free Electronic Books Online Plagiarism What is Plagiarism and Why is it Important? In college courses, we are continually engaged with other people’s ideas: we read them in texts, hear them in lecture, discuss them in class, and incorporate them into our own writing. As a result, it is very important that we give credit where it is due. How Can Students Avoid Plagiarism? To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use another person’s idea, opinion, or theory; any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings—any pieces of information—that are not common knowledge; quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words; or paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written words. These guidelines are taken from the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct. To help you recognize what plagiarism looks like and what strategies you can use to avoid it, select one of the following links or scroll down to the appropriate topic. How to Recognize Unacceptable and Acceptable Paraphrases Why is this passage acceptable?