Oak Hill's Senior Project Research Step by Step

1. SENIOR PROJECTS:
RESEARCH
STEP BY STEP

2. BIG 6 RESEARCH MODEL

3. BIG 6 RESEARCH MODEL
• 1. TASK DEFINITION
• 2. INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES
• 3. LOCATION & ACCESS
• 4. USE OF INFORMATION
• 5. SYNTHESIS
• 6. EVALUATION

4. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?

5. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?
• 1. FOCUS: WHAT IS REQUIRED?

6. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?
• 1. FOCUS: WHAT IS REQUIRED?
• 2. PLAN: HOW WILL I GET IT DONE?
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?

7. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?
• 1. FOCUS: WHAT IS REQUIRED?
• 2. PLAN: HOW WILL I GET IT DONE?
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?
• 3. SEEK: WHERE CAN I FIND ANSWERS?

8. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?
• 1. FOCUS: WHAT IS REQUIRED?
• 2. PLAN: HOW WILL I GET IT DONE?
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?
• 3. SEEK: WHERE CAN I FIND ANSWERS?
• 4. SELECT: WHAT CAN I USE?

9. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?
• 1. FOCUS: WHAT IS REQUIRED?
• 2. PLAN: HOW WILL I GET IT DONE?
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?
• 3. SEEK: WHERE CAN I FIND ANSWERS?
• 4. SELECT: WHAT CAN I USE?
• 5. PRODUCE: PUT IT TOGETHER

10. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN?
• 1. FOCUS: WHAT IS REQUIRED?
• 2. PLAN: HOW WILL I GET IT DONE?
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?
• 3. SEEK: WHERE CAN I FIND ANSWERS?
• 4. SELECT: WHAT CAN I USE?
• 5. PRODUCE: PUT IT TOGETHER
• 6. CHECK: DID I DO WHAT I NEEDED TO?

11. THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT

12. THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT
• WHY? BECAUSE...
• YOU DECIDE THE TASK
• YOU HAVE TO KNOW
WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW
• YOU HAVE TO DECIDE
WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW
• YOU WILL BE THE EXPERT

14. RESEARCH SECRETS
that I will share with you:

15. RESEARCH SECRETS
that I will share with you:
WHERE IS THE GOOD STUFF?
DATABASES, THOSE NUMBERS ON THE
BOOKS, AND OTHER LIBRARY
MYSTERIES

16. RESEARCH SECRETS
that I will share with you:
WHERE IS THE GOOD STUFF?
DATABASES, THOSE NUMBERS ON THE
BOOKS, AND OTHER LIBRARY
MYSTERIES
HOW DO I USE INFORMATION
WITHOUT CHEATING?

18. THE GOOGLE
PROBLEM

19. THE GOOGLE
PROBLEM
You Get What You Pay For

20. THE GOOGLE
PROBLEM
You Get What You Pay For
There IS such a thing as
TOO MUCH INFORMATION

21. THE GOOGLE
PROBLEM
You Get What You Pay For
There IS such a thing as
TOO MUCH INFORMATION
Commercials ruin the show

22. THE GOOGLE
PROBLEM
You Get What You Pay For
There IS such a thing as
TOO MUCH INFORMATION
Commercials ruin the show
TRIANGULATE your data

24. THE LIBRARY
SOLUTION

25. THE LIBRARY
SOLUTION
Licensed databases
current, comprehensive, extra features like
ready-to-use-citations, images, audio and video

26. THE LIBRARY
SOLUTION
Licensed databases
current, comprehensive, extra features like
ready-to-use-citations, images, audio and video
Juried research
written by experts & reviewed by expert critics

27. THE LIBRARY
SOLUTION
Licensed databases
current, comprehensive, extra features like
ready-to-use-citations, images, audio and video
Juried research
written by experts & reviewed by expert critics
Reputable publishers and authors
they’ve got a reputation to protect

29. THE LIBRARY
SOLUTION

30. THE LIBRARY
SOLUTION
Reliable websites
someone else has done the work for you
no lies

31. THE LIBRARY
SOLUTION
Reliable websites
someone else has done the work for you
no lies
Helpful librarians
there are NO STUPID QUESTIONS
stubborn, don’t give up easily

32. how to take notes

33. how to take notes
READ, THINK, SELECT

34. how to take notes
READ, THINK, SELECT
Write facts not sentences

35. how to take notes
READ, THINK, SELECT
Write facts not sentences
Keep track of your sources with a WORKING
BIBLIOGRAPHY (a word processing doc that’s always
open while you’re working)

36. how to read nonfiction

37. how to read nonfiction
Use text features

38. how to read nonfiction
Use text features
Skim and search with purpose

39. how to read nonfiction
Use text features
Skim and search with purpose
Read chunks without writing

40. how to read nonfiction
Use text features
Skim and search with purpose
Read chunks without writing
Stop and think, draw conclusions

41. how to read nonfiction
Use text features
Skim and search with purpose
Read chunks without writing
Stop and think, draw conclusions
Restate in your own words, summarize

42. how to read nonfiction
Use text features
Skim and search with purpose
Read chunks without writing
Stop and think, draw conclusions
Restate in your own words, summarize
Select what is useful to you

43. Google this:

44. Google this:
• Oak Hill High School Reference Databases

45. Google this:
• Oak Hill High School Reference Databases
• Marvel Maine

46. Google this:
• Oak Hill High School Reference Databases
• Marvel Maine
• MaineCat state catalog

47. Google this:
• Oak Hill High School Reference Databases
• Marvel Maine
• MaineCat state catalog
• Owl Research (or Owl MLA Style or Owl Plagiarism)