Remington Little

Engineering I Pd. 14/15

Mr. Chilkotowsky
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format  Oversimplification
 Irrelevant  Grammar and
information punctuation
Follow these few steps, and
you will be able to perform
proper research!
 Create new  List all required
paragraph in Word materials for the
Doc specifically for project
this section  List all required
 Describe the tools for the project
problem and topics
that it covers
 Describe all criteria
and constraints of
the problem
 Create new section  Record all useful
in Word information
 Brainstorm any  Evaluate the
ideas you already site/source for
have validity
 Search for pre-  Keep in mind the
existing solutions problem at hand
 Look up all relevant during the entire
concepts research phase
 Understand all key
terms
 Check all sources  Local library (FREE!)
for helpful ◦ Books
resources ◦ Videos
 Classroom  Knowledgeable
◦ Textbooks individuals
◦ Teacher ◦ Their knowledge and
presentations past experiences
◦ Notes
 Go to a reliable  It is essential to
search engine verify all sources,
 Search key especially online
words/phrases that sources, for
would aid in validity.
research
 Investigate
numerous sources
and record all
useful data and
images
 No results – try  Too complicated –
searching include “for kids” in
different/less the search
specific terms ◦ Results will be of
 Blocked – if simpler content
necessary, visit  Does not make
blocked sites at sense – avoid the
home site as it is most
◦ Generally, invalid likely invalid
sources if they’re information
blocked
 Looks professional  Site’s information
 Has an author should be relevant
 Site is published to the site’s topic
and copyrighted  Information is
 Links to other sites unbiased
verify the same  Site is current
information  Often times, the
 http verifies that site is one of the
the site is insured top results in a
search engine
 What should be  The problem at
kept in mind during hand!
the entire research
stage?
 If needed, research  Bibliography – at
how to cite sources the end of the
 Standard Format: research paper,
MLA included a detailed
 In-text Citation – citation of all
cite all gathered sources
data/images  www.easybib.com
◦ (Author, Page #) is an useful source
◦ (Author, that creates a
Website/Article) bibliography for
you
 You are now ready to
perform proper research!