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How to find good information on the internet
and cite it in your paper
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Library.midlothian-isd.net
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Citation Machine and Texshare Databases are just a click away!
Texshare username and password:
DATA2518ELLIS
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Google Scholar
Go to Google.com Click on “More”
○ Click on “even more”○ Scroll to bottom – click on Scholar
Now search your keywords You cannot use regular google!!
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Now that you know how to get to a search engine, we need to learn how to search in a way that will give you TONS of useful information!
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Use quotation marks to search for phrases. Below are two Google searches:
down syndrome 40,600,000 results “down syndrome” 6,040,000 results
Quotation marksQuotation marks
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Be careful to not be too broad: down syndrome 40,600,000 results Or too narrow:“parent help with communication skills of children with down syndrome”0 results
Narrow or broaden your searchNarrow or broaden your search
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Change search terms and use synonyms:
“parent help” “communication skills” children “down syndrome”OR“down syndrome” communicate child parents
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Authority
Is everything on the internet accurate?
NO!How do you check a website’s
authority?
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How to check a website’s authority♦ Check theCheck the domaindomain::
.com.com==commercial website. Trust info from companies that you commercial website. Trust info from companies that you know are trustworthy.know are trustworthy.
.org.org==non-profit organization. Trust info from organizations that you non-profit organization. Trust info from organizations that you know are trustworthy.know are trustworthy.
.gov.gov==US government site. Always trust the info on these pages.US government site. Always trust the info on these pages.
.k12.[state].us.k12.[state].us==school district. Trust info if it’s a teacher page school district. Trust info if it’s a teacher page but not if it’s a student page.but not if it’s a student page.
.edu.edu==college or university. Trust info if it’s a teacher page but not if college or university. Trust info if it’s a teacher page but not if it’s a student page.it’s a student page.
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How to check a website’s authorityDoes the site look professional? Should these Does the site look professional? Should these websites be used for research? Click the yellow websites be used for research? Click the yellow links.links.
CloningCloningQuiltsQuilts
Whose web site is it?Whose web site is it?-- A person? Have you heard of them?-- A person? Have you heard of them?-- A company? Have you heard of them?-- A company? Have you heard of them?-- A school? -- A school?
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How to check a website’s authority Is there an author for the page or article?
Is there a name signed?Are any credentials listed for the author?Does the author have anything else published?
Are sources cited? Is the information consistent with other sources
you’ve seen? Are there misspellings? Don’t trust websites that
can’t spell! How old is the webpage or website?
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Look at each of these websites and decide if they should be used for research
Women and AIDS World Trade Organization (WTO) World Trade Organization (GATT) Endangered Animals Cloning Wikipedia
Don’t use Wikipedia!
Anyone can change
the info on their
pages.
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Citing webpages
Miller, Jon and Peggy Rosin. “Improving Communication Skills: Research to Practice.” National Down Syndrome Society. 2006. National Down Syndrome Society. 27 Mar. 2006 <http://www.ndss.org>