English3AP|ResearchReport|Mr.

Miritello

DevelopingaSearchStrategy

Developingasearchstrategywillhelpyoubetterresearchyourtopicandproducemore
appropriateresultsforyourResearchReport.

Exercise#1:
Writedownyourresearchtopicintheformofaquestion.Now,writedowntwomore
very
specific
questionsregardingthistopic.Thesequestionsarewhatyouwillanswerwithyour
report.Ifyoudonotknowenoughaboutyourtopictowritedownspecificquestions,checkan
encyclopediaforabetterdefinitionormoreinformation.
Underline
themostimportantwords,
phrases,andtermswithinthosequestions.
Initialquestion:
Should
bookbanning
be
legal
?

Twospecificquestions:
Does
banningbooks

discourage
peoplefrom
reading
?
Does
censorship
ofbooksconstitutea
threat
to
freedomofexpression
intheUnited
States?

Exercise#2:
TakethetermsyouunderlinedinExercise#1andfillinthetablebeloworcreateyourown
tableonaseparatepieceofpaperifyouprefer.

Concept1:
ban(ning)

Concept2:
discourage

Concept3:
freedomofexpression

Synonyms
censor(ship)
ban
block
restriction
makeillegal

Synonyms
deter
threaten
demoralize
dishearten
intimidate

Synonyms

freedomofspeech

RelatedTerms
bookburning
challengedbooks

RelatedTerms
takeaway
block(ing)
remove
infringeuponrights

RelatedTerms
BillofRights
FirstAmendmentrights
Constitution

Ifyouarestrugglingtolocatesynonymsorrelatedtermsforyourunderlinedwords,consider
usingathesaurusforsuggestions.ThesaurusesarefoundintheARCandonline.
1

English3AP|ResearchReport|Mr.Miritello

Usingyoursearchterms

Whatisadatabase?A
database
isacollectionofinformation(data)thatisstoredand
retrievedelectronically.Somedatabasescontaingeneralinformationontopics(alltypesof
topics)whileotherdatabasesarespecifictoonetypeofinformation(suchasPsychology).

HowtoaccessdatabasesatMarist

ToaccessdatabasesatMarist,gototheMaristARC/Libraryhomepageat
http://www.marist.net/academics/arclibrary/
.Clickonthe
red
boxtitledDATABASES.
**Note**IfyouarenotatMarist,youmustenterapasswordtoaccessthedatabases.The
passwordis
marist
.

TherearesixdatabasesaccessiblebystudentsthroughtheARC/LibraryDatabasespage:
GaleBIOGRAPHYinContextreferencecontent,magazineandjournalarticles,
primarysources,videos,audiopodcasts,andimagesaboutpeople.
GaleGREENRGlobalReferenceonEnvironment,Energy,andNaturalResources
GaleGlobalIssuesinContextdesignedtosupportglobalawareness,thisdatabases
hasnews,perspectives,referencematerials,primarysourcedocuments,audio,video,
statistics,andmoreregardingimportantissuesthroughouttheworld.
Gale
OPPOSINGVIEWPOINTSinContext
coveringsocialissuesfromcapital
punishmenttoimmigrationtoviolentvideogames,thisdatabasesupportsscience,
socialstudies,currentevents,andlanguageartstopics.
GaleU.S.HISTORYinContextthisdatabaseprovidesacompleteoverviewofour
nationspastcoveringthemoststudiedevents,decades,conflicts,wars,politicaland
culturalmovements,people,andmore.
FactsOnFile|ScienceOnlinescience,math,andtechnologyinformationarticles,
images,diagrams,videos,currentevents,experiments,biographies,andmore
.

ThereisaseventhdatabaseavailableatMarist.Thisseventhdatabase,andprobablythe
mostaccesseddatabaseatMarist,istheonlinecatalog.Youcanaccesstheonlinecatalogat
theMaristARC/Librarypagebyclickingonthe
red
BOOKS/EBOOKSbutton.Theonline
catalogprovidessearchresultsforbothbooksandelectronicmedia.Iftheresultisaprinted
book,theiconbeneaththetitlewillbea
red
book.Ifitisanonlineresource,therewillbea
blue
bookiconshownbelowthetitle.

YourresearchreportMUSTincludeatleastoneprintbook.Allfictionbooksandany
nonfictionbooksfoundundereasy,juvenile,childrens,oryouthareNOTACCEPTABLEfor
useonthisresearchproject.Ifyouaresearchingforbooksatapubliclibrary,pleasepay
closeattentiontothelocationofthebookwithinthelibrarysoyoudonotuseoneofthese
unacceptabletitlesinyourresearchreport.

English3AP|ResearchReport|Mr.Miritello

SearchResultsandCitations

Onceyoudetermineandselectwhichdatabaseisbesttosearchforyourtopic,typeinthe
searchtermsyouascertainedonthepreviouspageandclickSearch.

Howmanyresultsdidyoufind?Tensofthousands?Three?Youcannarroworbroadenyour
searchdependingonhowmanyresultsyoureceivedfromyourfirstsearch.Youcanaddor
changetermstonarrowyourresults.Youcanremoveorchangewordstobroadenyour
results.

Ifyouthinkanarticlemightbeappropriateforyourresearchpaper,followthesesteps:

1. OpenanewdocumentinWordandtitleit
AnnotatedBibliography
.Youwillusethis
documenttokeeptrackofyourcitationsasyoufindpossiblearticlesandreference
materials.
2. EmailthearticletoyourMaristaccount.MostresultspageswillhavealistofToolson
therighthandsideofthepage.ClickonEmailtosendacopyofthisarticletoyourself
forlaterreference.DONOTCOPYTHEURL/LINKtothisarticle.YouwillNOTbeable
toreturntothisarticlethroughtheURL/Link.
3. Citethissource.AlsounderToolsistheabilitytociteyoursourceineitherMLAor
APAstyle.ClickonCitationToolsandthenchoosetheappropriatestyleforyour
citations(MLAorAPA).
4. CopytheENTIREcitationandPasteitintotheAnnotatedBibliographydocumentyou
created.APAcitationswillcontainaURLwithinthecitation.ForMLA,donotinclude
theURL.

**Note**DONOTsimplycopytheURL/Linkofthearticle.YouwillNOTbeabletofindand
readthisarticleatalatertimethroughthatlink.

Anannotatedbibliographyisareferencelistofcitationstobooks,articles,documents,and
otherresourcesusedinareport.Eachcitationisfollowedbyabriefdescriptionand
evaluationcalledthe
annotation
.Theannotationiswrittentotellthereaderwhyorhowthis
informationiscurrentandreliable,whotheauthoris,andthearticlespurpose.

TheCRAPTest

Eachresourcemustpassarigorousreviewbeforeyouuseitinyourresearch.
1. CurrencyIsthisarticle,book,orelectronicresourcecurrentinrelationtoyourtopic?
2. ReliabilityWhatkindofinformationispresented?Doesitcontaindataorquotations?
3. AuthorityWhoisthecreatororauthor?Isthatpersonreputable?
4. PurposeIsthisfactoropinion?Isitbiased?Isthisresourcetryingtosellsomething?

Filloutthe
CRAPWorksheet
foreachresourceyoulocatetodetermineifitisappropriatefor
yourreport.

English3AP|ResearchReport|Mr.Miritello

Forexample,lookat:

CouldBanningBooksActuallyEncourageMoreReaders?(2013,September20).
TellMe
More
.Retrievedfrom
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/AudioDetailsPage/AudioDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=
&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&displayquery=&mode=view&display
GroupName=Audio&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=
&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=G
ALE%7CA343699355&source=Bookmark&u=chic12414&jsid=571cb583204fa3007973c0c0fd
b18575

***UnderOpposingViewpointsCouldBanningBooksActuallyEncourageMoreReaders?***

EvaluatethisarticleusingtheCRAPtestasagroup.
ThisisaninterviewconductedforNPR.

CIsthisinterviewcurrent?
Published=September20,2013Sothisisrelativelycurrentfor
thistopic.
RIsthisopinionorfact?Istheredataincludedorinterpreted?Aretherereferencesor
sources?Aretherequotations?
Itisopinionbasedandactuallystatesthatitdoesnotcontain
datatobackheropinion.Doesbanningabookfromapubliclibraryincreaseinterestinitor
dopeoplehavesomanyotherwaystogetbooksnow,likeonlineorthroughtheirereaders,
thatitdoesn'treallyhavethatmuchforce?
ROY:Well,Idon'thaveevidenceofthat,butIthinkpeoplewhoadvocateforintellectual
freedomshouldlookatthatlist
AWhoistheauthor/creatorofthisparticularpiece?
TheintervieweeisLorieneRoy.She'sa
formerpresidentoftheAmericanLibraryAssociation.She'saprofessorattheUniversityof
TexasandfounderoftheNationalReadingClubforAmericanIndianStudents.
PWhatisherpurposeforparticipatinginthisinterview?Isshetryingtoswayyouropinion?
Isshetryingtosellsomething?
...itisatimetoconsiderourfreedoms,thefreedomsofothers
andcelebratetitlesthathavemeaningtomanypeople.

Troubleshooting

AmazonSearch

YoucancheckAmazon.comforinformationonbothprintedandebooktitlesandthencontact
yourlocalpubliclibrarytoseeifthesetitlesareavailableforcheckout.

GoogleSearch

English3AP|ResearchReport|Mr.Miritello

If,forsomereason,youstillcannotlocatetheinformationyouneedforyourreport,youcan
searchusingSearchEnginessuchasGoogle.Bewarned,however,thatforanyinformation
youfindthroughasearchengine,youmustcreatethecitationyourself,performtheCRAP
test,andjustifyinyourannotationwhyyouchosearesourcethatwasnotfoundinthe
availabledatabases.

VideoonhowGoogleSearchworks:
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/thestory/

CreatingCitations

YoucancreateyourowncitationsusingtheSonofCitationMachineat
http://www.citationmachine.net/
.Youmustcheckallcitationsthoroughlyaftereachhasbeen
createdtomakesureitreflectsthecorrectinformationincludingauthor,editor,yearandplace
ofpublication,aswellasthefullcorrecttitle.

AdditionalResources

Whenyoufindareliableresource,scrolltotheendoftheresourceandlookforfurther
readingsorresources.ThesesuggestionswilloftenbefoundondatabasesusedatMarist
andcanbecomeadditionalresourcesforyourreport.

AdditionalSupport
Doyoustillhavequestions?StopbytheARCandspeakwithMrs.Rademacherorvisityour
localpubliclibrary.LikeMaristsARC,publiclibrarieshavelibrarianswhoarefamiliarwith
researchprojectsandofferdatabaseswithadditionalresearchoptions.