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10 Steps Toward Better Research
http://tinyurl.com/3beebh
Advice for Students: 10 Steps Toward Better Research
To help students get up to speed on basic research skills, here’s 10 tips to help you find, organize, and use the information you need to put together a decent research paper.
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Finding information in education
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2508
Finding information in education
Free Open University course and materials (9 hours)
This unit will help you to identify and use information in education, whether for your work, study or personal purposes.
Experiment with some of the key resources in this subject area, and learn about...
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Google Notebook
http://www.google.com/notebook
Google Notebook
Clip and collect information as you browse the web.
Clip useful information ... You can add clippings of text, images and links from web pages to your Google Notebook without ever leaving your browser window.
Organize your notes ... You can create multiple notebooks, divide them into sections, and drag-and-drop your notes to stay organized.
Get access from anywhere ... You can access your Google Notebooks from any computer by using your Google Accounts login.
Publish your notebook ... You can share your Google Notebook with the world by making it public."
All from a small window that pops up from a button at the bottom of your browser.
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Zotero (web 2.0)
http://www.zotero.org/
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather and organize resources (whether bibliography or the full text of articles), and then lets you to annotate, organize, and share the results of your research.
It includes the best parts of older reference manager software (like EndNote)?he ability to store full reference information in author, title, and publication fields and to export that as formatted references?nd the best parts of modern software such as del.icio.us or iTunes, like the ability to sort, tag, and search in advanced ways. Using its unique ability to sense when you are viewing a book, article, or other resource on the web, Zotero will?n many major research sites?ind and automatically save the full reference information for you in the correct fields.
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Research Guide : Library and Learning Resources
http://tinyurl.com/zq38q
Student Research Guide : Library and Learning Resources
This student guide was developed by the Library and Learning Resources Department of the Toronto District School Board to support the implementation of the Ontario secondary school curriculum and to assist students in developing information literacy skills. pdf file
This guide presents a step-by-step approach to the research and inquiry process which is applicable in all subject areas. We hope that you will find the templates and examples in this guide to be effective teaching tools.
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The Internet Detective
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/
The Internet Detective
Welcome to Internet Detective - a free online tutorial that will help you develop Internet research skills for your university and college work.
The tutorial looks at the critical thinking required when using the Internet for research and offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites.
It? designed to help students in higher and further education who want to use the Internet to help with research for coursework and assignments.
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Information Literacy: Search Strategies
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
Information Literacy: Search Strategies
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
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Webmorizer
http://www.webmorizer.com/
Webmorizer : Collaborative, searchable, online multi-user web index
Webmorizer allows you to keep the pages worth keeping, to find what has been found before, and never lose anything again. Organization is accomplished upfront using categorization, colors, and styles. Highlights and notes are layered on top of web pages like plastic transparencies. Build entire Libraries of information worth keeping, as powerful search and report tools keep it at your fingertips. Keep what you find.
Webmorizer brings it all together. Highlights and notes organized by customizable Communities and Categories, all searchable by content, date, author, Community, or even originating web site. Seeing one another's annotations makes collaboration and group work simple and effective.
Search Your Research - Once things are found, you will never have to find them again, even if the page gets deleted or moved. You can even search for, or report on, other peoples annotations...
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A Guide to Recording Sources of Information
http://www.asla.org.au/pubs/
A Guide to Recording Sources of Information
This booklet is based on the widely used Harvard system of referencing. Examples of a range of resources are shown with a pattern for recording each. Graduated examples are provided to allow for different levels of development.
In all your work it is important to acknowledge direct quotes (the author's exact words) and people's ideas. In the Harvard System a short entry is made in the text of your work, consisting of the author's surname, the date of publication and the page numbers from which the quote is made. This is called the CITATION.
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The Childrens Research Centre
http://childrens-research-centre.open.ac.uk/
The Childrens Research Centre
The CRC is all about children by children. Our primary objective is to empower children and young people as active researchers. The CRC recognises that children are experts on their own lives.
We offer diverse groups of children and young people a taught programme on all aspects of the research process followed by one-to-one support to design and carry out a research project. We also help them to disseminate their research findings, support a variety of outreach programmes. It links to numerous schools and community organisations and exists to contribute to the body of knowledge on childhood and children's views.
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Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other
http://library.csumb.edu/instruction/howto/peerreview.php#Comparison
Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
Journals and magazines are important sources for up-to-date information in all disciplines. For many course assignments, you will be required to use authoritative scholarly sources. Therefore, it is very important for you to be able to distinguish scholarly writing from other types of writing. In order to do so, you will need to become familiar with different types of journals and magazines.
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Thinking Tools from Intel
http://www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm
Thinking Tools from Intel
Increase student learning with these interactive, online tools designed to promote higher-order thinking in any subject. Each tool features an online workspace where students create and save visual representations of their thinking. Classroom strategies and teacher-tested project ideas suitable for K-12 classrooms will help you get started.
Visual Ranking Tool
Students show their reasoning and discuss differences in their conclusions as they use the Visual Ranking Tool to prioritize and compare items in lists.
Seeing Reason Tool
Seeing Reason Tool prompts students to investigate cause-and-effect relationships in complex systems. Students use an interactive causal mapping tool to create maps that communicate their understanding.
Showing Evidence Tool
Students use the Showing Evidence Tool to construct a well-reasoned argument and defend it with credible evidence. The interactive workspace prompts students to assess sources and analyze evidence.
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The Building Blocks of Research
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/2engage/infolit2.html
Information Literacy: The Building Blocks of Research
engaging | defining | initiating | locating | examining | recording | communicating | evaluating |
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Research 101
http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/research101/
Research 101 is an interactive online tutorial for students wanting an introduction to research skills. The tutorial covers the basics, including how to select a topic and develop research questions, as well as how to select, search for, find, and evaluate information sources.
Research 101 is intended to help improve how you research, so you can tackle information problems anywhere. Research 101 is NOT a UW-specific help page with links for finding information; and it is NOT intended to replace meetings with your instructor or librarians.
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Educational CyberPlayground
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/search.html
Educational CyberPlayground | Research Sites for teachers | Research Sites for Students |
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A Research Guide for Students
http://www.aresearchguide.com/
A Research Guide for Students
The goal of this Web site is to provide all the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings. Site provides a Quick Click to Search Engines, annotated Research, Writing, and Style Guides (MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, CGOS, CBE, Harvard), and Worlds of Knowledge housing some of the best education Web sites in a Virtual Library arranged by the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
The site also provides guidelines on: How to write an A+ research paper, How to effectively deliver a presentation, How to format a research or term paper, How to quote passages, How not to plagiarize, How to write Footnotes and Endnotes with examples on writing First Footnotes and Endnotes in MLA style plus a Footnotes Sample Page and an Endnotes Sample Page.
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Research Skills : Skills for Today's Workforce
http://www.khake.com/page3.html
Research Skills : Skills for Today's Workforce
Hone Your Research Skills | Teaching Library Research Skills | Research Skills | Research Skills A to Z | Research Skills Tutorial |
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