English 3 Research PaperMrs. Theobald

Step 1

• If you haven’t yet determined a career to research, go to the following website and do some career exploring.

• www.careercruising.com• Username: richwoods• Password: knights

Step 2

• Wednesday – LibraryYou must have at least 1 print

source. Look for a book about your career.

Step 3

• Thursday, Friday Computer Lab• You will find internet sources and print those

out.• I have a list of internet sources on my

webpage.

What to look for when researching

• Relevance• Timeliness• Accuracy• Author’s Credentials• Publisher’s Credentials• Author’s Purpose• Breadth and Depth of Information

Finding Credible Websites

• What does the address tell me?– Sites with .edu/.org/gov are more likely to be

credible TIP: some edu sites are created by students. Look carefully at the web address.

• Who created the site?• Look at the “about us” or “contact us” info. The most

credible sites are developed by institutions rather than individuals. A lack of an institution name or logo is a clue. Other clues are a lack of an author biography or the absence of documentation for sources.

Research

• You must have at least 5 sources. (1 print)

• You must turn in a working bibliography. I will give you a sheet on which you may keep your sources.

• Sample Source Card

Book/Website # of Source

See sources page for what information needs to be included here.

Use only applicable information.

More Info

• Next week we will discuss how to take notes. You will need note cards for this. Please have them by this date as well as something to keep them in.

• There will be due dates for each part of the paper. Please stay on top of this. Do not get behind! This would be disastrous.