using the internet to research
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Using the Internet to Research. Finding good sources and citing them. Words to Know. Source: a book, website, newspaper, or article that tells you the facts you want to know. Citation/citing: listing the person who wrote the source you got your facts from. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Using the Internet to Research
Finding good sources and citing them
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Words to KnowO Source: a book, website,
newspaper, or article that tells you the facts you want to know.
O Citation/citing: listing the person who wrote the source you got your facts from.
O Search term: the words you type to find things on the internet.
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What is Plagiarism?O Definition: “to use the words or ideas
of another person as if they were your own words or ideas.” – merriam-webster.com
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How to Cite1. Author names (Last name, First
name)2. Title3. Publisher (No publisher use n.p.)4. When it was published (No date
n.d.)5. Type (book, web)
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Citing BooksAuthor. Title of book. City of Publication. Publisher. Year. Print.
Example:
White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1952. Print.
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More Than One Author
Example:
Atwater, Richard, and Florence Atwater. Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Boston. Little, Brown & Co. 1938. Print.
Author 1 and Other Authors. Title of book. City of Publication. Publisher. Year. Print.
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Citing Entire WebsiteEditor, author (if available). Name of site. Version number. Name of institution/organization. Date it was written/published. Web. Date you visited.
Example:
Purdue Owl Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 4 Mar. 2014.
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Citing ImagesArtist Name. Name of the art. Year created. Institution, city where the art lives. Name of website. Web. Date you visited the website.Van Gogh, Vincent. Starry Night. 1889. Museum of Modern Art, New York City. MoMA. Web. 4 Mar. 2014
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Search TermsO Figure out what your topic is
O Figure out what you want to know
O Put it into simpler words
O If you don’t find what you want, put it in other words that mean the same thing
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Useful TipsO Turn on google safe searchO If you can, use websites ending
with .gov or .edu O Don’t use Wikipedia or About.comO Beware sponsored links on Google!O Using quotation marks will give you
links using those exact words
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ActivityO Find a fun fact about your county! It
can be about the name, something interesting that happened there, or whatever else you think is interesting about it!
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Useful WebsitesO www.usclimatedata.comO www.quickfacts.census.govO www.labor.ny.gov/stats/nys/statewide-
population-data.shtmO www.nysegov.com/map-ny.cfmO https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/res
ource/747/01/