2. Eureka! Research Skills
The information age requires students to be shown skills
needed to do research. We will discuss how to help
students develop plans, gather, organize, cite resources
and then present the research.
• Jerry Blumengarten
• @cybraryman1
http://cybraryman.com/.html
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4. Ruminant Livestock
QUEST is funded by the
National Science Foundation
Harnessing The Hidden Power of Cow Manure
Business
Electricity From What Cows Leave Behind
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6. Cow Power
40 percent of all manure from New York dairy
farms goes through the anaerobic digestion
process, which captures methane from manure
and generates clean, renewable energy. The
energy produced from this effort could power
32,000 homes while strengthening the economic
vitality of New York's dairy farms. It also would
reduce New York's greenhouse gas emissions by
500,000 metric tons of carbon, equivalent to
taking 100,000 cars off the road.
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RenewableEnergyfromManureBecomesRealityforNewYork.aspx
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9. The ISTE
National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•S) and
Performance Indicators for Students
3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use
information.
a. plan strategies to guide inquiry.
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use
information from a variety of sources and
media.
c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based
on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
d. process data and report results.
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10. The Common Core English Language Arts Anchor Standards
for Writing emphasize that the acquisition of a set of research
skills are required for success in college and career. Student
need to be able to:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.7 “Conduct short as well as more
sustained research projects based on focused questions,
demonstrating understanding of the subject under
investigation.”
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8 “Gather relevant information
from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility
and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information
while avoiding plagiarism.”
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9 “Draw evidence from literary or
informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and
research.”
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11. The Research Process
Research & Citation
Sources
Kentucky Virtual Library
Victoria - Australia
Research it Right! Vaughan Memorial
Library - Acadia University –Canada
The Big 6
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Ten Steps to Better Web Research
12. The Big6 Skills™
Step 1 - Task Definition
1.1 Define the problem
1.2 Identify the information requirements of the problem
Step 2 - Information Seeking Strategies
2.1 Determine the range of possible sources
2.2 Evaluate the different possible sources to determine priorities
Step 3 - Location and Access
3.1 Locate sources
3.2 Find information within the resources
4 - Use of Information
4.1 Engage (read, hear, view, touch) the information in the source
4.3 Extract information from a source
Step 5 - Synthesis: Putting it all together
5.1 Organize information from multiple sources
5.2 Create a product or performance
Step 6 - Evaluation
6.1 Judge the product or performance
6.2 Judge the information-solving process
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15. Manage and plan your time
Define the task
Choose a topic Narrow the topic
Choose subtopics
What questions do I need to answer?
Will there be enough information?
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22. Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
I need to understand the scope of my topic
Intute Investigate annotated academic sites (advanced search)
INFOMINE Search annotated academic sites and subject databases
(advanced search)
AcademicInfo Subject Guides Browse subject guides with descriptions of
relevant sites
I need authoritative sites chosen by an expert researcher
INFOMINE Librarian-selected scholarly sites
LibGuides Librarian-created topic pathfinders
Infotopia Customized safe-search of educator-selected sites
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23. Deep Web Search Engines
The Deep Web consists of billions of Web pages that
usually offer wonderful and relevant information but are
not indexed by search engines, or buried deep within the
search results.
formerly Clusty
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26. Public & School Libraries Provide Free Databases
Art
Homework & Continuing
Education
Articles and Journals
Biography
Legal
Books
Literature
Manuals
Business, Finance & Grants
Newspapers
Download Audiobooks - eBooks
Reference
Genealogy
Science
Health & Medicine
History
Statistics
Telephone Directories
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27. Many reference materials once were accessible only in
the library, but now you can access them online from the
library or remotely 24/7.
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35. Primary Sources
Original objects or documents:
Journals
Correspondence
Personal Narratives
Diaries
Papers
Letters
Interviews
Speeches
Pamphlets
Artifacts
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36. Old newspapers are a boon for Ga.
teacher's history classroom
World history teacher Clint Decker takes his highschool students back in time with news stories
about significant historical events with wellpreserved editions of their local newspaper, the
Rome News-Tribune in Georgia. Some of the
biggest news stories of the 1960s, '70s and '80s -such as the moon landing -- are chronicled in the
newspapers saved by Decker's wife's great-greatgrandmother, who sealed the newsprint tightly in
aluminum foil to protect them from moisture and
light. "These are big national stories but to see
them covered by the local paper brings it home for
them. It makes them relate to this history a little
better," Decker said of his students at Armuchee
High School. Rome News-Tribune (Ga.) (9/22/13)
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52. My Hope
You will help create along with your students and staff
a good research guide for the students in your school.
Kentucky Virtual Library
Research it Right! Vaughan Memorial
Library - Acadia University –Canada
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The Big 6
