how to do research _ info searching _ y10 critical thinking

Source: http://www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html

Searching for Information

Attribution: "3d puppet, holding big magnifier“ Source: http://www.ok.co.uk/home/http://www.flickr.com/photos/40780016@N02/3915512820

Attribution: "Firefox on the rise"http://www.flickr.com/photos/77941960@N00/67984062

Attribution: "Google logo render - Mark Knol"http://www.flickr.com/photos/25064547@N06/2568436053

Search Strategy

“Exact Phrase”

AND

EXCLUDE

REFINE

SITE: UK , GOV …

FILETYPE: PDF , DOC , XLS

Define: Capital

Punishment

Research Topic: Adel Othmani

Search Terms

• Adel Othmani

• “Adel Othmani”

• “Adel Othmani” + site:uk

•"Adel Othmani" + news articles + death penalty

• "Adel Othmani" + news articles + "death penalty"

• "Adel Othmani" + news articles + "death penalty" + site:bbc.co.uk

• "Adel Othmani" + "death sentence" + news articles

•"Adel Othmani" + "death sentence" + news articles + site:com

# of results

48,400

14,500

59

1240

752

2

7060

1590

Searched Nov 2011

Research Topic: Death PenaltyDefine your topic?

Identify what information you need?

Brainstorm “search terms” / “vocabulary items” & strategy

Select the best reliable sources

SKIMMING, SCANNING, SQ3R and

take notes

Who will be interested in producing the information?

Source: http://www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html