CONDUCTING RESEARCH PART 1 CONDUCTING RESEARCH Overview Understand

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CONDUCTING RESEARCH, PART 1

CONDUCTING RESEARCH, PART 1

CONDUCTING RESEARCH Overview: - Understand what tools are available - Understand how to best

CONDUCTING RESEARCH Overview: - Understand what tools are available - Understand how to best use the available search tools - Evaluate the results found

PRINT PROS - extensive publication process - clearly indicates author/affiliations - clearly marks outside

PRINT PROS - extensive publication process - clearly indicates author/affiliations - clearly marks outside sources/quotations - bias exists, but is reviewed - only qualified manuscripts accepted for publication - publication info clearly listed CONS - not always readily accessible - time consuming to retrieve - Longer publication process means that it might not be as current

THE INTERNET PROS - instant access - immediate coverage of current events - less

THE INTERNET PROS - instant access - immediate coverage of current events - less important material covered (i. e. a YA novel such as eleanor &park) CONS - anyone with web access can publish - author/affiliations and qualifications may be unclear - may not clearly identify external information - may be biased/misleading - publication info may not be listed - http: //www. collectiveevolution. com/2013/10/17/david-ickestheory-of-the-reptilian-human-hybridapocalypse/

THE INTERNET Domain name extensions: - anyone can register. com, . net, . org

THE INTERNET Domain name extensions: - anyone can register. com, . net, . org domain names - not a great way to tell whether a source is “credible” - edu and. gov can only be used by educational institutions and governmental institutions - still not necessarily reliable

THE WEB AND THE INVISIBLE WEB 1. Type “young adult novels” into your search

THE WEB AND THE INVISIBLE WEB 1. Type “young adult novels” into your search bar What kinds of results do you get?

THE WEB AND THE INVISIBLE WEB 2. Type “Young adult novel jstor” into your

THE WEB AND THE INVISIBLE WEB 2. Type “Young adult novel jstor” into your search bar. This uses one of the library research tools such as JSTOR or EBSCOHOST What kinds of results do you get?

USING THE SEARCH BAR • Imagine you preparing for the Great Debate, and you

USING THE SEARCH BAR • Imagine you preparing for the Great Debate, and you want to see if there is anything online that could help you prepare, so you search for, “What is some evidence that Sabrina is a bad mom? ”

USING THE SEARCH BAR • “How are search terms interpreted to gather information for

USING THE SEARCH BAR • “How are search terms interpreted to gather information for me? ” • What do you notice about the search terms that Matt Cutts uses? • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=BNHR 6 IQJGZs

USING THE SEARCH BAR • • Circle key words Underline “maybe” words, offer synonyms

USING THE SEARCH BAR • • Circle key words Underline “maybe” words, offer synonyms or replacement terms Add missing words Ignore unnecessary words

USING THE SEARCH BAR • “What is some evidence that Sabrina is a bad

USING THE SEARCH BAR • “What is some evidence that Sabrina is a bad mom? ”

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 1. Every word matters “who” “the who” “a who”

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 1. Every word matters “who” “the who” “a who”

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 2. Order matters (to a certain extent) “blue sky”

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 2. Order matters (to a certain extent) “blue sky” “sky blue”

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 3. Capitalization does not matter “el. Ea. No. R

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 3. Capitalization does not matter “el. Ea. No. R a. Nd Pa. Rk” “eleanor and park”

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 4. Most punctuation does not matter. “eleanor. &; park,

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 4. Most punctuation does not matter. “eleanor. &; park, , , ” “eleanor and park”

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 5. Different search engines might deliver different results -

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS 5. Different search engines might deliver different results - With a partner, come up with a broad research topic and formulate a search term - Enter this search term into three different search engines - Enter this search term using one of the library research tools - What kinds of results do you get?

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS Boolean Operators: words added to a search to make

USING THE SEARCH BAR: TIPS Boolean Operators: words added to a search to make it more specific AND finds pages with all of the search terms used e. g. “dining hall” AND “student workers” OR finds pages with at least one of the search terms e. g. “dining hall” OR “cafeteria” OR “campus food service” NOT excludes pages that include the second term e. g. “Henry VII” NOT “Shakespeare”

EVALUATING SOURCES No precise formula! Consider: - Purpose - Tone - who is responsible

EVALUATING SOURCES No precise formula! Consider: - Purpose - Tone - who is responsible - when last updated - whether information is corroborated in other places

In this article, I will explain how people can get taller. There are many

In this article, I will explain how people can get taller. There are many short people who have been told by their doctors that they have completed their growth spurt years and that they no longer will continue to achieve additional height. These doctors certainly have misinformed their patients, and as a result have discouraged them. Instead, they should tell them that if patients were to hang upside down for 10 minutes every 4 hours, they will stretch their spinal columns. If these short people follow this routine for one full month, they can increase their height two full inches and stand shoulder to shoulder with peers their age. The medical research about spinal stretching spans many decades and have been attributed to the success of many basketball players who sought to increase their height beginning in their middle school years.

All football players are angry, vicious people who use the football field to express

All football players are angry, vicious people who use the football field to express their anxiety. It has been reported that this sport draws males who are inherently distressed individuals who seek this activity as a means to blow off steam. The following was reported in the magazine Sports and Mental Health, “Everyone who plays this sport, even from a young age, has issues relating to anger management. This has been a pervasive problem that management of national teams must address head on. ” Unless football coaches and officials take this issue seriously and recruit players who are more emotionally stable, our society might incur problems. For example, some players visit bars and begin fights with patrons. Others engage in violent activities like dog fighting and breeding pit bulls.