Conducting

Online Scholarly Research

Hello!

I am Mrs. Taireh

I am the teacher librarian for all six high schools in the HBUHSD.

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Goals

• Learn how to research effectively and efficiently.
• Create an informal bibliography.
• Understand the difference in purpose and expectations of an informal and formal bibliography.
• Become acquainted with available and reliable resources provided to students of HBUHSD.

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Annotated Bibliography

Definition, Informal, and Formal

Creating an Informal Bibliography

• Create a Google Doc and decide on an organizational style
• Add citation (and link if needed) from a possible source
• Put a summary, paraphrase, quote, subtopic, etc under the source.
• Go back and find connections or common ideas.
• Create an outline.

You will need to convert your informal bibliography to a formal bibliography before submitting your final assignment.

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Types of Annotated Bibliographies

Free Style Bibliography

Sample

Information is copy and pasted in a free form way.

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Chart Style Bibliography

Sample

Information is put into a chart (whose columns can be changed)

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Informal Annotated Bibliography to Outline

Use topics or key ideas to help combine like ideas from different topics. Use those topics and key ideas to drive the construction of your paragraph.

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Steps for Informal Annotated Bibliography to Outline

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Steps for Transforming an Informal Annotated Bibliography to a Formal Annotated Bibliography

Use MLA Format

1. Times New Roman
2. Alphabetical Order
3. Double Spaced
4. Hanging Indent
5. Continue page numbering from your paper
6. Plain font title

List Your Citation

Use MLA formatting that is available on the site.

Write a Paragraph

Do not indent your paragraph. Write it as a block, approximately 150 words containing information on the following slide.

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Possible Information to Include in Your Paragraph

Another formatting of this information is available here.

Summarize

Summarize the central theme and scope of the book (do not copy and paste here!).

Evaluate

Evaluate the authority or background of the author.

Comment

Comment on the intended audience.

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Compare

Compare this work with one already cited. This is relevant to explain how one illuminates a topic in a different way than another.

Contrast

Contrast this work with one already cited. This is especially relevant for counterclaims.

Explain

Explain how this work illuminates your bibliography topic.

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Samples for Formal Annotated Bibliographies

Sample Entry

Here is a sample entry for a paper on mental health. Notice how each source is explained. The last one is in APA format, which is slightly different than MLA format.

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Sample Entry

This is a formatting sample where the explanation explain the information on the previous slide in more depth. This might be useful to copy and paste, using it to prompt what will be in your annotation.

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“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

― Benjamin Franklin

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Using the Search Engine

How do you normally do research?

Thesis/Question

Here is how to use a search engine when you already have a thesis or a focused question.

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Overview

This is your best friend and your worst enemy.

• Avoid typing your question into the search engine.
• Topics are good, but the broader the better.
• After all, you shouldn’t know everything about your topic yet...otherwise why would you be researching?

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If You Have a Thesis or a Question

• Write out your question or thesis (but do not put it in the search engine!).
• What is the correlation between learning a musical instrument and grades in high school?

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If You Have a Thesis or a Question

• Write out your question or thesis (but do not put it in the search engine!).
• What is the correlation between learning a musical instrument and grades in high school?
• Underline the key words
• Correlation
• Musical
• Instrument
• Grades
• High School

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If You Don’t Yield Enough Search Results

• You can reduce the number of keywords or phrases.
• You can think of alternatives using synonyms or near synonyms.

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If You Don’t Yield Enough Search Results

Correlation

Relation, link, relationship, dependence

Musical

Music

Instrument

Sometimes a synonym does not exist.

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Grades

Academic success, marks

High School

Education, academic performance

Combine

If certain terms seem similar, combine them or eliminate one of them.

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If You Don’t Yield Enough Search Results

• Don’t have a thesis?
• You can pose a question.
• Don’t have a question?
• It just as easy to at least have a topic even if you don’t have an opinion about it.
• Want to change your perspective?
• This is part of the process.

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Research by Focus

What to do when you do not know what to research.

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Search by a Topic

• Before searching for articles, ask yourself:
• What am I interested in?
• What have I heard in the news?
• What’s something that affects me personally?

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It is important to pick a topic that is relevant to you personally, not just one that you think you will be able to find a lot of information on.

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How to Refine a Topic

Now that you've picked a topic, it's time to evaluate what you need to know about it in order to gather research:

• What are the main concepts of this topic?
• What are the issues surrounding this topic?
• What are some key terms that are being used to describe the topic?

Keep these questions in mind as you search for basic information on your topic

Refining Your Topic

1) I am researching_________________________ (topic)

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2) because I want to find out_______________(issue/question)

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3) in order to ___________________ (application - So What? - Project/Audience/Purpose driven)

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Examples

I am researching speech impairments in children (topic)

because I want to find out if an older sibling with a speech problem effects a younger sibling (issue/question)

in order to convince my principal the need for family therapy (application - audience).

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Examples

I am researching ethanol as an alternative fuel (topic)

because I want to find out the pros and cons of its use and formulate my opinion (issue/question)

in order to persuade my readers that my position is correct (application - audience).

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I am researching ways to teach English as a second language (topic)

because I want to find out the most effective strategies available (issue/question)

in order to prepare me to be a better teacher (application - purpose).

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Examples

I am researching autism in children (topic)

because I want to find out how best to socially interact with them (issue/question)

in order to better accomplish my service learning experience. (application - project).

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I am researching genetically modified foods (topic)

because I want to find out if they are nutritionally better than organic foods (issue/question)

in order to produce a brochure summarizing the issues for my Writing 150 class.(application - project).

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“Truth waits to be found. It searches for no one.”

― Suzy Kassem

Rise Up and Salute the Sun

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Databases

HBUHSD Databases

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District Database Page

HBUHSD

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Searching by Topic

Searching by Topic

Searching by Topic and Features

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How to Use Pictures

Features of Search Results

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Features of an Article

Pro Tip from Mrs. T

• Skim an article
• If you like it, save it to your Google Drive
• Then put the citation at the top of your document in the Google drive.
• That way you don’t have the look for it later.
• Highlight the text you like from the article.

Focused Search

HBUHSD

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Focused Research

Focused Research

Focused Research

Full Text

Abstract

An abstract is a summary of the article.

It is used for academic articles to give a summary of the long article.

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Boolean Operators

How to Refine a Topic

Controversial Issues

Controversial Issues

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Features of Controversial Issues

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Features of Controversial Issues

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Thanks!

Any questions?

You can find me at etaireh@hbuhsd.edu

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Bibliography

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