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Student Researching
- 1. Searching Smart: Finding and Using Sources By: Cristy Moran University of South Florida For: Prof. A. Barron, EME 6936, Fall 2011
- 8. How do you research?
- 16. Citing Your Sources…Why and how to?
- 24. End.
Hinweis der Redaktion
- This is a presentation created as a final project for my graduate Internet in Education course in Fall 2011 for Professor Ann Barron at University of South Florida. It is also offered as a guide or tutorial for students and/or classroom teachers on the researching process basics and on lessening research and writing anxiety. Also covered is a basic outline and some resources for the MLA format and style requirements.
- These are my goals for the audience of this presentation. I will be guiding you through a few slides and providing a few pages for you to keep and to which you can refer through the writing process so that, when you turn in your final paper, your work will be consistent with copyright/ plagiarism rules, will have relevant supporting references, and will be formatted and cited correctly according to MLA.
- DISCUSSION POINT: This short pre-test will enlighten us, the teachers, and you, the students, on how much you know about the writing process, using references, and writing styles. FOR TEACHERS: This will not be graded. Instead, students will take five minutes to fill out the multiple choice quiz form* and then swap papers with the students sitting ahead of them (the first row will give their papers to the last student in each row) and we will peer-review our responses. When you get your own form back, we will discuss the answers and how you think you did versus how you thought you were going to do on this quiz. *Teachers will ask each question aloud to ensure that we are all moving at the same pace. This entire exercise should take no longer than 5 minutes.
- Secondary sources can be in print or electronic. They are not limited to scholarly or academic journals; however, those types of publications generally offer a higher quality of expert research and writing standards, many of which are peer-reviewed (or reviewed by fellow experts and academics in the respective fields) and are, thus, more suitable as references or support for writing. There is nothing wrong with using the Internet or electronic means for researching and finding relevant and strong sources. The Internet is a great tool for electronic resources and enables you to find many sources through remote access. Searching the Internet using search engines like Google, Bing!, Yahoo, or other similar search engines will search for keywords and phrases using Boolean operators through the superficial web. In other words, the results that appear from the search will not be qualified for authority, credibility, accuracy, or timeliness. More refined search results can be found through deep web searches. Deep web searches are those done through less-superficial electronic databases, often in tandem with the Internet or accessed through Internet or web communications. An example of a deep web search is a search done through a database. Some of these databases are open-access, or available for use by all users, even those not logged in to a community or with special privileges. Private databases that can only be accessed through subscriptions are also deep web searches when accessed remotely via the Internet. These databases might be accessed through parent organizations like libraries or schools.
- The library—either in a school, a university, or the public library—is a great resource for users who are seeking information either from the Internet or through deep web searches. School, academic, and private libraries will require student log-ins and passwords and most can be accessed through the institution’s website or on-site at the institution itself. Public libraries can be accessed remotely. A library card and user number may be required for in depth access of deep web databases from remote sites, but are often open to any users at the library location. That said, a library card is free. With a library card number, many of the same databases available to expensive or private institutions are available to anybody who signs up for a library card. This SIMPLIFY YOUR SEARCH TO FIND IT AT THE LIBRARY poster [created by me] shows the short steps to finding databases at the library and tips for finding the right source for your needs.
- Wikipedia may be a good place to start to get a broad picture of what people think about a certain topic, but it is not a scholarly resource. Many of the contributors to Wikipedia use online references for their contributions (see the References listed at the bottom of the Wikipedia entry page), but it is not written in a peer-reviewed journal, meaning that other experts in the field are checking the work and supporting the value of the discussion, and is often peppered with irrelevant or erroneous information. There are many other databases—or storage houses of sources—available to young people and students that are filled with appropriate content and are often much more helpful to you as learners and writers. DISCUSS GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND FLORIDA ELECTRONIC LIBRARY SOURCES.
- (The image for this slide is borrowed from the University of Connecticut class guides webpage and can be found at http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/content.php?pid=50827&sid=386249) What is plagiarism? In simple terms, plagiarism is when a statement or written work that was spoken or written by a person is used by a different person as though it is the user’s own. This can be done two ways: intentionally or unintentionally. Intentional plagiarism involves knowingly using another person’s words and claiming they are your own. When a student does not write his or her own paper and, instead, has someone else write it, attributing credit to him or herself OR copying word-for-word another person’s writing and passing it off as his or her own is intentional plagiarism. But there is such a thing as unintentional plagiarism and that usually involves not giving proper credit to the author of written work or “borrowing” the ideas of another writer or thinker without crediting the original work. For instance, if you read a source and paraphrase a few sentences into one without citing that you, the writer, borrowed this directly from another work, that is unintentional plagiarism. Knowing how to properly cite a source is a great way of protecting your writing from unintentional plagiarism. What is copyright? Copyright is the right of an original author to retain ownership and claim to his or her work. Copyright information is available on all sources including books, magazine articles, scholarly journal articles, and websites. Crediting authors is a matter of being knowledgeable about finding copyright information and citing the information within your written work.
- These are some of the basic criteria for publishing or submitting a paper in MLA format. MLA is commonly used by schools, which is why I’ve chosen to present on this form of writing. Other styles worth considering for your own writing are American Psychological Association (APA) and Chicago Manual of Style. There are others as well. What is important is that each of these styles encourages writers to present their work in a consistent, orderly, and logical fashion. Each style demands that writers cite their sources—albeit in different ways—to ensure that all ideas are original and that all credit is given to originating thinkers and authors. (If you are using this presentation to teach MLA to a group of students, please use the following discussion points with your class: WE WILL GUIDE THE STUDENTS TO THE COPYRIGHT INFORMATION PAGE IN THE BOOK AND REFER THEM TO THE MLA GUIDELINES HANDOUT AND ASK THEM TO CREATE A PROPER ENTRY ON THEIR WORKS CITED PAGE FOR A WRITTEN WORK JUST AS THEY WILL BE DOING FOR THEIR PAPER. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL WORK ON A QUOTE FROM THE NOVEL (RANDOMLY SELECTED BY STUDENTS) AND WRITE AN IN-TEXT CITATION FOR THAT ENTRY TOGETHER USING THE BOARD.)
- The “MLA Guide” page is a jpg file that can be printed out and handed to students or collected for yourself as a checklist for completing written work according to MLA style and format.
- Writing isn’t just producing words, adding sources, and turning in a paper. Writing is a matter of quality. Many times, a short evaluation of one’s own writing can yield findings of errors –small or large—or opportunities for improving by meeting the assignment’s criteria and the criteria of a writing style. Grade yourself.