Research resources

What is research?

• Defined in simplest terms, research is searching for and gathering information, usually to answer a particular question or problem. The ability to locate and evaluate information - which is the essence of research will be a valuable skill in many areas of your lifes. http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/csmlibrary/tutorials/what.html

Research Resources

• What Are Research Resources? Research resources are made of primary sources and secondary sources. • Primary sources include firsthand accounts, raw data, and other original material. • Secondary sources include material that interprets and analyses primary sources.
• Please copy this link below and name the research resources that your school Library have. http://padlet.com/zannmn/z1ktlafzenjk
• https://www.umuc.edu/writingcenter/onlineguide/tutorial/chapter4/ch4-06.htm...

The research resources include the following examples;

• • Print media, such as books, brochures, • journals, magazines, newspapers, and books; and CD-ROMs • And other electronic sources, such as the Internet and the World Wide Web.
• Destiny quest, universal search,Britanica, Esbco, JSTOR and OVERDRIVE.
• All of these resources above are called time-saving . please go back to the Padlet page and explain why we say these resources are time - saving resources.

Time-saving research tools

• They are research tools that are Time-saving research tools, like automatic bibliography creation, highlights, notes, citations and more, all designed with the research process in mind.

Characteristics of the time-saving research tools.

• • Citations Cite passages, pages or entire articles instantly from within our library or anywhere online • Notes Add notes for yourself directly to book pages or articles • Bookmarks Easily return to any page in any book in our library • Bibliographies Automatically generate bibliographies in MLA, APA or Chicago format • Highlights Highlight and save text in six different colors as you read • Project folders Everything is saved in custom projects that you create, name and organize

Inquiry Log

• Is used to record/ log useful information that is found from resources used for research.

Stop and Jot

• Is is used for jotting down important and relevant quotes, parafrased chapters and any other information that is valuable to your research question.
• Stop and jot is useful in remembering the correct information including the pages you got your information from, for reference purposes.

Presentation tools

• Paddlet -www.paddlet.com
• Dropbox- you can share documents.
• Evernote - www.evernote.com
• Thinklink - creation of interactive canvas by uploading images, video clips and audio clips.
• Haiku deck editor - creat breathtaking slides with very little effort.
• Powtoon - creation of animated movie clips
• Meograph - multidimensional projects, intergrades maps, music and narration.

Cited sources

• https://www.umuc.edu/writingcenter/onlineguide/tutorial/chapter4/ch4-06.htm...
• http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/csmlibrary/tutorials/what.html
• https://www.umuc.edu/writingcenter/onlineguide/tutorial/chapter4/ch4-06.htm...