Pre – Research Preparation

• keep detailed, relevant and organised research notes

• take notes in the form of sentences that summarise the research you have read

• record quotes or statistics that you will use as your evidence in your paragraphs

• consult a wide range of reliable sources

Task Words• tell you what to do; • the action(s) you need to perform.• are usually verbs.

Content Words•tell you what the topic area is•limit and define the essay, making it workable.•help you to focus your research and reading on the correct area.

Limiting Words•tell you what area(s) to focus on•define the topic area further•indicate aspects of the topic area you should narrowly concentrate on.

• e.g. Content Words

Focus Question 4: What funerary

practices/rituals were common in the New Kingdom? Describe these practices.

Task Word Limiting Words

• Look at your assignment topic/topic question and highlight the task words, content words and limiting words.

• This will identify the essential topics that you must research

• e.g.• Define serious assault and

identify the penalties available

• Evaluate the effectiveness of the serious assault law in QLD

What is serious assault?

•What are the maximum penalties for serious assault in QLD?

What do statistics suggest about the number of serious assaults that occur in QLD?What do case studies and court sentences suggest about the effectiveness of the current law?What opinions do stakeholders offer about the effectiveness of serious assault laws in QLD?

e.g.•serious assault QLD•penalties serious assault QLD•social issues serious assault QLD•problems serious assault QLD•statistics serious assault QLD

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http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/02/how-to-choose-the-right-words-for-best-search-results/

Topic/Focus Questions

Notes/Quotes Bibliographic Details CRAP TEST APPLIEDCurrencyReliabilityAuthorityPurpose/Point of View

What is serious assault?

   

What is the maximum penalty for assault in QLD?

     

What do statistics suggest about the number of serious assaults that occur in QLD?

   

Wonder Wheel alternative – related searcheshttp://www.google.com.au/

http://www.boolify.org/

http://www.gleancomparisonsearch.org/ Carrot2 organizes your search results into topics. With an instant overview of what's available, you will quickly find what you're looking for.http://search.carrot2.org/stable/search• 

Every Web site in SweetSearch has been evaluated by our research experts.http://www.sweetsearch.com/ Doesn’t have commercial content – just one long listhttp://duckduckgo.com/ Google's beta search engine that enables you to search the 'tag cloud' to get better informationhttp://deeperweb.com/

• CRAP TEST• Introduction to Sources• Hints about choosing the best resources• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/

interactives/hints-on-print/index.html

• APA Style • www.bibme.org/