Social Studies 1 7th Grade Service Learning Project: Getting Set to Serve! (Tips for Researching and Note-Taking) Mr. Litz Mrs. Gorton Mrs. Herniter Two-sided copy Social Studies 2 Table of Contents Reseach Tips and Guidelines……………………………………………………..3 Note-taking Tips…………………………………………………………………….4 Citing Sources in a Works Cited Page…………………………………………...5 How do I Search the Electronic Catalog for a Book I Want?...........................6 e-Sources Available Through the Media Center Webpage…………………….7 To Access E-Sources from the Media Center Webpage……………………..11 Two-sided copy Social Studies 3 Research Tips and Guidelines 1. Use this packet to help you learn how to search the Card Catalogue, use databases and e-books, cite sources, and take notes. 2. Research at least 3 sources. 3. Research a variety of sources. As tempting as it is to use the Internet all the time, books, magazines, newspapers, journal articles, videos, surveys and interviews with people can all be good sources of information. 4. If you find conflicting information on all 3 sources (in other words, each source gives different facts about the same topic), consult more sources. 5. If you use the Internet, look for reliable sources. In general—but not always—a source ending in .org, .gov, or .edu is more reliable than a source ending in .com. (NOTE: Wikipedia is not a source!) 6. Depending on your chosen Community of Need, you may need to narrow or broaden your search terms when you look for sources. Follow the guidelines below: If your topic is very general (such as “People lacking clean water”), consider narrowing your search term. Focus on a specific area (such as “Water Shortages in Africa” or even “Water Shortages in Ethiopia”). If your topic is very specific (such as “my sister who has Type I Diabetes”), consider expanding or broadening your search (ex: “Children with Diabetes”). Two-sided copy Social Studies 4 Note-taking Tips 1. Before you even start taking notes from a source that you have chosen to use, record that source’s complete works cited information. (See “Works Cited” in this packet.) This information will be used in the Works Cited of your Choice Rationale Report, as well as on your final project. 2. Organize your notes on each source by question or topic. (In your Choice Rationale Report, these topics/questions have already been created for you.) Also, for each topic/question, use bullets, dashes, or some other system that works for you. 3. DO NOT print out pages and use them as your notes. Printouts don’t count as evidence of research! 4. Do not write complete sentences, but also don’t write down one- or two-word facts; write enough to understand what you mean without having to look back at the original source. 5. As you read the source, paraphrase the information. This means to put it in your own words. DO NOT copy a source word for word. There are a few exceptions: If you plan to cite a specific quote or statistic from a source, you may copy it word for word, but be sure to put quotation marks around this quote/citation. This way, when you look back at your notes, you can cite the source of the quote/citation. When appropriate, write key terms word for word, but explain them in your own words. 6. As you take notes, do things that “good note-takers” do. This includes… Using abbreviations for long words (ex: gov’t. for government) and also for common words (ex: w/ for with). If necessary, create a key of abbreviations. Writing neatly. When in doubt, taking more notes, rather than fewer notes. 7. In general, use your notes—not the original sources—to write the information in the final product. When you create your final product, paraphrase what you wrote in your notes and elaborate on it completely. (You will be condensing information in your notes and then expanding on that information in your final product. Your final product will thus contain information that has been paraphrased twice.) 8. Do not be afraid to ask the librarian or teacher for help with locating sources and taking notes. It is their job to guide your research efforts! Two-sided copy Social Studies 5 Citing Sources in a Works Cited Page 1. A “Works Cited” page lists all of the sources from which you got specific facts that you have chosen to include in your final product. 2. Your sources will appear in 2 parts of your report/project: an abbreviated version of the source within the report/document itself (typically the author and year of publication, plus the page number if it is a direct citation), and complete works cited information at the end of the report/document, on a separate page. 3. Do not number the items in your list of sources. 4. Double-space the entire list. 5. Use “hanging indentation.” You can do this on a Word document by going to “Format,” clicking on “Paragraph”, and clicking on “hanging” under the “Special” tab. 6. Arrange the list alphabetically, using the author's last name. If there is no author, use the first word of the title, (not including "a," "an," or "the"). If more than one source by an author is used, alphabetize those entries by title. 7. Do not include page numbers for books, but do include them for magazine and newspaper articles. For those sources, don’t write "p." or "pp." before the numbers. 8. Use a “Works Cited” generator tool from the Internet, such as “Citation Machine” (http://www.makecitation.com/mla_book.php) or “Works Cited Generator” (http://correctclick.com/biblio/) 9. For database sources through our Media Center, most databases provide the bibliographical or works cited information for individual articles or e-books. You may simply copy that information onto your sheet. 10. There are different formats for creating a bibliography or works cited page. Our school district uses what is called “MLA” format. Source: Herniter, Carla. “Preparing a List of Works Cited.” Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Media Center. 17 March 2004. Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools. 21 March 2009 <http://www.spfk12.org/park/media/survivalkit.htm#www>. Two-sided copy Social Studies 6 How do I Search the Electronic Catalog for a Book I Want? Whether you are in the “Basic” search or the “Power” search, when searching the Park Middle School Media Center catalog, it is best to search KEY WORD. In the “Basic” search window: 1. in the “Find” window type the search term you are using; it is not case sensitive. 2. click the “Keyword” button and you will have the best results. In the “Power” search window: 1. make sure “Keyword” is in the pull-down window to the left of the window for your search term. 2. in the window next to the window where you have selected “keyword” type the search term you are using; again, it is not case sensitive. 3. Once you have entered your search term, click the search button. Examples of search terms For this assignment, your search terms will depend on your chosen Community of Need. For instance, you can use words like: “poverty”, “polar bears”, or “leukemia”. You can also truncate your search term by using a few of the starting letters and instead of finishing the work, end it with an asterisk. A few definitions A search term is an element of a search or query. A search term is the basic building block of a Boolean search. Boolean search: a search for specific data using the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT Truncate: to shorten, in this context, a word; for example, prejudices can be truncated to prejud*, increasing the number of words the catalog will search (prejudge, prejudice, prejudices) Two-sided copy Social Studies 7 eSources Available Through the Media Center Webpage eBooks Gale Virtual Reference Library 100s of newspapers provided through the New Jersey State Library Reference collection published by GaleGroup Biography UXL encyclopedia of world biography UXL newsmakersw, vol. 1-6 Environment *Endangered species Grzimek’s student animal life resource *Our living world: earth’s biomes *UXL encyclopedia of biomes, 2nd ed. UXL encyclopedia of biomes UXL encyclopedia of landforms and other geologic features *UXL encyclopedia of water science History American Civil War reference library American home front in World War II American Revolution reference library American social reform movements reference library Ancient civilizations reference library Bowling, Beatniks, and bell-bottoms: pop culture of 20th century America Cold War reference library Colonial America reference library The crusades reference library Development of the industrial U.S. reference library Early civilizations in the Americas reference library Elizabethan world reference library Fashion, costume, and culture: clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear through the ages French and Indian War Gilded age and Progressive era reference library Great Depression and the New Deal reference library Harlem Renaissance Industrial revolution reference library Korean War reference library Mexican-American War Middle Ages reference library Middle East conflict reference library Prejudice in the modern world reference library Reconstruction era reference library Two-sided copy Social Studies 8 Renaissance and Reformation reference library Roaring Twenties reference library Shaping of America, 1783-1815 reference library The Sixties in America reference library Spanish-American War Supreme Court drama: cases that changed America Television in American society reference library UXL encyclopedia of U.S. history U.S. Immigration and migration reference library UXL American decades Vietnam War reference library War in the Persian Gulf reference library War of 1812 Westward expansion reference library Witchcraft in America World War I reference library World War II reference library Law Checks and balances: the three branches of the American government Constitutional amendments: from freedom of speech to flag burning Crime and punishment in America reference library Supreme Court Drama: cases that changed America Literature UXL encyclopedia of world mythology UXL graphic novelists Medicine *UXL complete health resource *UXL encyclopedia of drugs and addictive substances Multicultural Studies *Junior worldmark encyclopedia of world cultures UXL encyclopedia of Native American tribes Nation and World Junior worldmark encyclopedia of foods and recipes of the world Junior worldmark encyclopedia of physical geography Junior worldmark encyclopedia of the Canadian provinces Junior worldmark encyclopedia of the Mexican states Junior worldmark encyclopedia of the nations Junior worldmark encyclopedia of the states Junior worldmark encyclopedia of world cities Junior worldmark encyclopedia of world holidays Terrorism reference library Two-sided copy Social Studies 9 Religion World religions reference library Science *Alternative energy Biotechnology: changing life through science CDs, super glue, and salsa Chemical compounds Chemical elements: from carbon to krypton *Grzimek’s student animal life resource Space exploration reference library UXL encyclopedia of biomes, 2nd ed. *UXL encyclopedia of weather and natural disasters UXL complete life science resource UXL encyclopedia of biomes UXL encyclopedia of science Social Science American social reform movements reference library Marshall Cavendish Digital Explorers and exploration Exploring American history: 1550-1877 Exploring ancient civilizations Exploring the Middle Ages Inventors and inventions Databases *BrainPOP *GreenFILE *HealthyNJ *Jersey Clicks *Academic Search Premier Biography Collection Complete Business Source Premier Career Transitions Contemporary Authors ERIC Frost and Sullivan *GreenFILE *Health source: consumer edition Health source: nursing / academic edition History reference center Informe Job and Career Accelerator Library, information science & technology abstracts Two-sided copy Social Studies 10 Literary reference center Magazine article summaries Ultra School Edition *MasterFILE premier *Middlesearch plus Novelist K-8 plus Novelist plus Points of view reference center *Primary search Professional development collection Reference USA Referencia Latina Regional business news Salud en Espanol Science reference center Small Business Resource Center *TOPICSearch *Teen Health and Wellness *World Book Encyclopedia World Book Science Power Two-sided copy Social Studies 11 To Access e-Sources from the Media Center Webpage 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Go to the District webpage: http://www.spfk12.org Put your cursor over “Our Schools” and scroll down to “Park Middle School Put your cursor over “Our School” and scroll down to “Media Center” Click on “Databases and eBooks” In the “Sign-in Name” box type raiders In the “Password” box type raiders1 Click Sign in button Once you do this, you will come to a page that looks like this: Welcome to the Park Middle School Media Center Online Database and eBook Subscriptions eBooks Search all of the Thompson-Gale reference eBooks at the same time; as well as the custom newspaper and Spanish language database at the same time. If needed, the password is: library At home use: Gale Virtual Reference Library http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/park986 Password: remote Search Marshall Cavendish eBooks by subject: geography, sciences, social studies, or world cultures; or book title. User name: parkms Password: raiders Marshall Cavendish Digital Two-sided copy Social Studies 12 Databases BrainPOP is an educational program, providing content spanning 7 main subjects including: Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, Arts and Music, and Technology. Username: parkms Password: brain Brainpop.com A bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns. GreenFILE HealthyNJ is a product of the University Libraries at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The Consumer Health Information Task Force, comprised of librarians from each of the four UMDNJ Campus Libraries, developed the content of the Web Site to meet the health care information needs of consumers, particularly the citizens of New Jersey. Healthy NJ Jersey Clicks Full text of thousands of magazines, newspapers, reference books and biographies as well as indexed images including photographs, maps and flags – all from licensed databases purchased for you by the New Jersey Library Network. Code: 26917 Two-sided copy Social Studies 13 Search for information about individual authors and books. If needed the password is: spfk12 TeachingBooks.net A comprehensive database that allows teens to research health-related issues important to their well-being. It’s both a research/report tool and a self-help resource. If needed the username is: parkms If needed the password is: raiders Teen Health and Wellness General encyclopedia. At school: if needed username is: parkblue and password is: parkmiddle At home: if needed username is: park2 and password is: pms580 World Book Encyclopedia SciencePower Science encyclopedia. At school: if needed username is: parkblue and password is: parkmiddle At home: if needed username is: park2 and password is: pms580 Two-sided copy Social Studies 14 You will notice that there are two links that will take you to the eBooks you can access through the Media Center, and then there are links to access our databases. This page has the links to our ebooks and databases, as well as the user-names and passwords as needed. Gale Virtual Reference Library gives you access to many national and international newspapers as well as 84 reference books published by the Gale publishing house. Marshall Cavendish Digital gives you access to 5 reference books published by the Marshall Cavendish publishing house. Both Gale Virtual Reference Library and Marshall Cavendish Digital give you access to e-books, everything you access through these two sites is the same as looking in a print book. For “Databases”, we recommend that you start with JerseyClicks to access, among other sources, magazines. There are more than 20 databases you can use from this site, and you can search more than one database at a time from this site. 1. 2. 3. Click on “Custom search” You will be asked for a library card number and PIN number. The library card number is: 29523000416402; and the PIN number is: 4445. Once you get to all the databases, you can search all of them together, or any combination of databases you choose. Review the list of e-books and databases that are starred (*), italicized, and in bold-face type on pages 7-10 of this packet. These are most likely the most useful sources for this particular assignment. Two-sided copy
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