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Learning Objective

To learn about the steps of the Big 6 Research Process, and apply each step of the research process to answer a question or solve a problem.

Steps to the Research Process

  1. Task Definition
  2. Information-Seeking Strategies
  3. Location & Access
  4. Use of Information
  5. Synthesis
  6. Evaluation

Library Books for Research

  

Research Databases

Login information for each database can be found on your teacher's class resources page, or you can contact the secondary librarian.

Electronic Books

Websites & Multimedia Research Resources

Giving Credit to Research Sources

 

An excellent tool for creating MLA style citations for your resources/works cited list!  NoodleTools can also be use for taking notes, organizing your ideas, and much more!

  • Click on the NoodleTools Icon at the left to go to the NoodleTools website
  • Click "Login" in the top right corner
  • Use the Google Sign-in button and your GSIS email address to log in

Reference List

A list of all primary and secondary research sources used

  • In MLA8 format, sources should be alphabetical by the last name of the author (or title if there is no author)

Reference Citations Format by Type of Source

Basic formatting for various reference citations:

  • Book
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.
     
  • Database Article
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, vol. (volume number), no. (issue number), Date published. Title of Database, url. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020). 
     
  • Digital Image
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Image.” Title of Website, Publisher of Site (only if this is different than the name of the website), url of website. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020). 
     
  • Online Video
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Video.” Title of Website, uploaded by (user name), upload date (Ex. 3 July 2012), url of website. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020).
     
  • Website
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Page.” Title of Website, Publisher of Site (only if this is different than the name of the website), url of website. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020).