A collection of resources and guide the process ofeffective research as a high school student in the digital world.
The resources will guide the essential steps in completing a research project, searching and finding information, using best practice in referencing and citing using digital tools and evaluating sources.
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from formulating a research question to completing the paper
Two free social media tools for creating
references and bibliographies
Mendeley and Zotero
bibliographies and citations a simple task.
about how students plagiarize
How to structure an Essay
References and Paraphrasing
How to read critically
and Understaking Research
Some Guides have external links to other academic
Institutions as well
University of Wisconsin
The resources will guide the essential steps in completing a research project, searching and finding information, using best practice in referencing and citing using digital tools and evaluating sources.
Guide to web research
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Technology/Internet/Dulcineas-Guide-to-Searching-on-the-Web.htmlEvaluating research
http;//www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html , UC Berkeley - excellent for evaluating information on the Internet.
Writing assistance
http://citationmachine.net/ , Son of Citation Machine - provides MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago style citations and references
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism You quote it, you note it Searching with successAcadia University
http://www.thewritesource.com Research APA and MLA stylehttp://westwoods.ocm/GUFFY/apa.html American Pyschological Association (APA)
http://www.mla.org/main_stl.htm Modern Language Association (MLA)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/01/ Guidance on Formal Writing from Purdue Universityhttp://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/webhound/scope.html Scoping the search, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (mcli)
Information on interviews and surveys
http://www.uow.edu.au/law/postgraduate/welcome/UOW013804.html University of Wollongonghttp://web.mit.edu/committees/couhes/procedures_surveys.shtm MIT - surveys, questionnaires, interviews
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/survtype.htmWilliam M. Trochim, Cornell University
http://cbdd.wsu.edu/edev/NetTOM_ToT/Resources/Other/TOM614/page62.htmNetTOM - introduction to research methods
http://www.managementhelp.org/evaluatn/intrview.htmFree Management Library - guidelines for conducting interviews
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