ResearchDatabases

Research: extract,organize and synthesize information

There are many different research models for schools to use, but all follow the basic guidelines of: Big 6 is the method used by a lot of schools for organizing research. [|Big6] Big6 Resources:
 * Locate information
 * Organize information
 * Evaluate information
 * Manage information
 * Use information
 * 1. [|Task Definition] || 4. [|Use of Information]  ||
 * 2. [|Information Seeking Strategies] || 5. [|Synthesis]  ||
 * 3. [|Location and Access] || 6. [|Evaluation]  ||
 * [] ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">@http://www.janetsinfo.com/big6info.htm ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">[] ||

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Research Online __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">When only libraries were used for locating information we had a reasonable assurance that the information had been produced by a vetted source and organized by a professional- however that information might have been dated. Today with the internet, we have access to much more information that can be accessed immediately but the information is usually unorganized and unvetted. While Google is now the go to for searching for information- the information on Google isn't always the best or most up to date information. How do we locate information that is relevant and up to date?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">There are a number of places where information is stored on the internet: =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> Search Engines : =
 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 0pt; color: windowtext; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|Google]
 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 0pt; color: windowtext; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|Bing]
 * <span style="0in: 0in 0in 0pt; color: windowtext; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|Yahoo!]

= Subject Directories: = ==__<span style="background: white; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 125%; margin: auto 0in;">Academic & Professional Directories __== ==__<span style="background: white; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 125%; margin: auto 0in;">Commercial Directories & Portals __==
 * <span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|Academic Info]
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;"> [|INFOMINE] –
 * ==<span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|ipl2] ==
 * ===<span style="background: white; color: windowtext; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|About.com] ===
 * ===<span style="background: white; color: windowtext; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|Google Directory] ===
 * ===<span style="background: white; color: windowtext; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|JoeAnt] ===

__<span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 125%; margin: auto 0in;">Free Encyclopedias __
===<span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 125%; margin: auto 0in auto 0.5in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">· [|Mashpedia] === ===<span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 125%; margin: auto 0in auto 0.5in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">· [|Wikipedia] === =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> Meta-Search Engines - search multiple search engines at once =
 * <span style="background: white; color: windowtext; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|Browsys]
 * <span style="background: white; color: windowtext; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|Dogpile]

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The Invisible or Deep Web: __
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Taken from: http://www.internettutorials.net/
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">The content of databases.
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Non-text files such as multimedia, images, software, and documents in formats such as Portable Document Format (PDF)
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Content available on sites protected by passwords or other restrictions. Some of this is fee-based content, such as subscription content paid for by libraries or private companies and available to their users based on various authentication schemes.
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Special content not presented as Web pages, such as full text articles and books
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Dynamically-changing, updated content, such as airline flights
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Content on social networks
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Blog postings
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Comments
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Discussions and other communicative activities on social networking sites
 * <span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 125%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Bookmarks and citations stored on social bookmarking sites

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Databases available to The Harbor Middle School <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[] <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[] <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[]

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Resources for Reasearch: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Research Paper Calculator: <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Work Sheets for organizing research in relation to the Research Paper Calculator: <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Cambridge Rindge and Latin has a great research page: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/00_Introduction.asp <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Graphic Organizers: <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[]