Muchmore+Sports+&+Literature

=Research4Success from INFOhio=

Module 1: Getting Started
Watch Tutorials #1 & #3 in "Dig In."
 * Week One **
 * A. Developing a Research Topic**

Use library resources to determine what topic would suit you best. Don't just go with a person that you already know! You'll be spending all quarter on this project and you want to make sure that you're learning about someone who is historically significant, has a unique "angle," and who won't end up boring you after the first 2 weeks. You also want to make sure that there is enough information on the person you choose. Remember: you need book sources and online database sources.

Preliminary research resources:
 * Finneytown library books (check the online catalog for books on historically significant athletes)
 * Finneytown encyclopedias (on the shelf that sticks out next to the Young Adult section)
 * Cincinnati Public library books (check the online catalog for books on historically significant athletes)
 * INFOhio online databases (especially Biography Reference Bank, EBSCOhost, Oxford Reference Online, World Book Student (click on the World Book Student button, then under "Biography Center," click on Athletes. Browse through to get some ideas or narrow your search by the boxes on the left).
 * Cincinnati Public library research databases (especially Biography in Context (go to "Browse People", then choose "Athletes and Coaches" from the drop-down menu to see a list of tons of athletes & coaches), Opposing Viewpoints in Context, Gale Virtual Reference Library. In each of these databases, you will find categories of information (reference articles, newspaper & magazine articles, academic journals, primary sources, reliable websites, videos, images, audio, and related topics). Look through all of it!

Your main goal at this stage is trying to figure out if there is enough information in both book format and articles from online databases in order to properly complete this assignment. Don't worry about web resources at this point. Guaranteed, you'll find something online. As you're looking to see if there is enough information, you can learn a little bit about your person to decide if he/she is historically significant enough for you, has an "angle" or something out of which you can formulate a thesis/argument, and if he/she will keep your interest over the next 8 weeks.

Watch tutorials #1 & #3 in "Try It." Complete Tutorial #2, the Question Generator Form ( or interactive PDF), in "Project Success." Complete Tutorial #3, the Research Question Rubric ( or interactive PDF) in "Project Success." Turn these in by //Thursday, April 11th.//
 * Week Two **
 * B. Developing a Research Question**

If you need more practice coming up with good questions, complete tutorials #2 & #4 in "Try It," and complete all of the tutorials in "Practice Makes Perfect."


 * If you want to learn about Diigo, a bookmarking site that will help you with the research process, complete Tutorials #1-5 in "Tools to Excel."*

Module 2: Finding Information
As a class, go through Tutorial #2 in "Dig In." Watch videos in Tutorial #5 in "Dig In" and in Tutorial #1 in "Practice Makes Perfect."
 * Week Three **
 * A. Finding Valid Information Using Online Databases**

Assignments: a) Complete Tutorial #3 in "Dig In" (quiz on Types of Information Sources): //due at the end of this bell//. b) Explore online databases for articles that will answer your research questions and complete Mr. Muchmore's handout: //due on Friday//.

Online Databases to explore: 1. **INFOhio** (check the yellow bookmark for the username/password if using from home, or fill out this online form)
 * EBSCOhost: Choose Professional Search or Student Research Center 9-12. See if you get any different results with the different databases.
 * Make sure the "Full Text" box is checked.
 * Make sure you put quotation marks around your sports figure's name (ie. "Michael Jordan") in order to keep both of those words together and in each result.
 * Make sure you choose "Relevance" in the drop down menu. You don't necessarily want the most recent article about your sports figure, but you do want the most relevant articles about him/her.

2. **Cincinnati Public Library** (you will need a public library card number & PIN...or you can use Mrs. Walker's. Check the back of the yellow bookmark)
 * Biography in Context
 * Go to "Browse People", then choose "Athletes and Coaches" from the drop-down menu to see a list of tons of athletes & coaches....OR just type your sports figure's name in the search box using quotation marks.
 * On the right side of your page, you can click on any of the links in the box titled "On This Page" to get only newspaper articles, for example, or only scholarly articles, etc. **Stay away from the Reference articles, since those are going to give you the briefest, most preliminary pieces of information on your sports figure instead of the insightful, thought-provoking, analytical articles that you need for this project.**
 * There is a link for websites to explore, but save that for next week.
 * Opposing Viewpoints in Context
 * Use this database if you have chosen someone controversial.
 * Type your sports figure's name in the search box, and click on "Viewpoints" in the column of links on the left.
 * Read through the essay carefully to see if there's anything in there that would help you answer your research questions. If not, forget about it and move onto something else.


 * Week Four **

Module 2: Finding Information
View Tutorial 1 in #3 "Try It": Web Search Strategies. View Tutorial 2 in #3 "Try It": Search Operators Tutorial
 * B. Finding Valid Information Using Websites**

Module 3: Selecting the Best
View Tutorial 2 in #3 "Try It": Evaluating Internet Sources.

Assignments: // a) ////Play the Web Evaluation Game, Tutorial 4 in #3 "Try It."// // b) Complete at least 1 C.R.A.P. website evaluation interactive pdfs on the website that you plan to use for this project and turn it in: due Friday, April 26th. //

Looking for a good place to start with internet research? Try EasyBib Research to get an idea if certain websites are credible, maybe credible , or not credible. ** Beware: sometimes websites haven't been evaluated by EasyBib (or sometimes they go easy on sites like Wikipedia), so always use your powers of evaluation on any website that you find! **


 * Week Five **

** Module 4: Putting It Together **
Learn about paraphrasing, quoting, and citing in Tutorial 2, #3 "Try It": Citing Information & Avoiding Plagiarism View EasyBib Notetaking Video

Assignments: a//) Create an EasyBib account// //b)// //Read the EasyBib Paraphrasing, Patchwriting, Direct Quotes Summary// //c) Read the EasyBib Taking Notes Summary// //d) Read the EasyBib Outline Summary// //e) View Tutorial 4 in #2 "Dig In": Citing & Documenting Sources and Avoiding Disaster and then c////omplete Tutorial 5 in #2 "Dig In": Quiz//
 * //Go to EasyBib**from a school computer** to create an account. Click on "Register" at the top right side of your screen. You'll need to give a first name, last name, email address, create a password (MAKE IT ONE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER, LIKE YOUR STUDENT ID #), and confirm your password. Ignore the coupon code.//
 * //Once you're logged in, you can create a project. Give it a title and make sure that you choose MLA 7 style.//
 * //Click on the Notebook link to start taking notes/creating an outline.//
 * //For this project, you HAVE to use the EasyBib Notebook feature. Other options for future projects include using Evernote, index cards (here's a helpful tutorial for using index cards) or a Word document.//


 * Week Six **

Module 5: Your Presentation
a) Learn about writing a thesis statement in #3 "Try It," Tutorial 1: Thesis Statements b) Get help writing a thesis statement in #3 "Try It," Tutorial 2: Thesis Generator
 * A. Thesis**

a) Learn how to write to keep the reader's interest in #4 "Practice Makes Perfect," Tutorial 1: Using Transitional Words b) Make sure you're writing effectively in #4 "Practice Makes Perfect," Tutorial 1: Effective Writing Strategy Checklist
 * B. Writing the paper**

Plagiarism Tutorial: check this out so that you do NOT accidentally plagiarize and get into all kinds of trouble. It will help you to learn the difference between copying/pasting and putting things in your own words (paraphrasing).
 * C. Citations**

EasyBib will create the citations for you. Here is a sample Works Cited page: @http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/hacker-daly-mla-wc.pdf
 * Make sure you center the title "Works Cited" at the top of the page.
 * Make sure that your citations begin at the left margin. The first line of your citation will be normal, but every line after the first will need to be indented. To do this, you will need to press "enter" at the end of your first line, then press the indent button for each line after the first.
 * Make sure that your citations are in alphabetical order according to the first letter on the first line of each citation. See the example for details.
 * Make sure that you double space everything.

At the top of the search box, choose the Website tab. Paste the URL (web address) in the search box and click "cite this." A. If Easy Bib recognizes the website, it will fill in the boxes for you. B. If Easy Bib does NOT recognize the website, you will need to fill in the boxes manually. At the top of the search box, choose the Book tab. Type the title of the book in the search box and click "cite this." A. If Easy Bib recognizes the title, it will show a list of books and authors with publishers and publication dates. Look for the correct one. If you are not sure which book is yours, you can click on the title and it will show you a picture of the cover. That should help. Look carefully at publication dates because sometimes that is the only difference between 2 very similar books. B. If Easy Bib does NOT recognize the title, you will need to fill in the boxes manually.
 * 1. If you're citing websites: **
 * Double check each of the boxes to make sure they've entered the correct information. Change or add anything that needs to be changed or added.
 * Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * Do your best to fill in all of the blanks, but leave the ones you can't fill blank.
 * For author & date, look at the top and the bottom of the page to see if you can find that information. If there's not a specific date, you can use the date that's usually at the bottom of the page with a copyright symbol beside it. For example, if you see ©2006-2012, put 2012 in the year box for the date.
 * When finished, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * ‍‍2. If you're citing books: **
 * ‍‍2. If you're citing books: **
 * Once you have found the right one, click on "Select" and it will fill in the boxes for you.
 * Double check each of the boxes to make sure they've entered the correct information. Change or add anything that needs to be changed or added.
 * Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * Do your best to fill in all of the blanks, but leave the ones you can't fill blank.
 * The publisher should be listed at the bottom of the title page. If not, it is listed on the back of the title page along with the publication date (look for the "c" with a circle around it: ©).
 * When finished, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.

At the top of the search box, choose the Database tab. Warning: this will be the hardest citation to create. You will probably want to ask Mrs. Walker for help. // Some Databases make the citations for you. Look to the sides of the article for something that says "Cite This" or look to the bottom of the article for a citation. // A. In the drop-down menu, choose what type of article you will be citing (ie. newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.).
 * ‍‍‍3. If you're citing online databases--but let's face it, most database articles make the citations for you: **
 * If you are not sure, choose "article published by a database."
 * Do your best to fill in all of the blanks.
 * Article Title = the title at the top of the article
 * Contributors = author or editor. Sometimes you cannot find an author/editor and that's okay. Leave it blank if that is the case.
 * Database = MAS Ultra - School Edition
 * Publisher/Service Provider = EBSCOhost
 * Electronically Published = the date that the article was written. It is usually close to the top of the page.
 * Date Accessed = today's date. Click on "Today" to fill in the blanks with today's date.
 * URL = the Persistent Link to this Record (Permalink)


 * If you are sure, choose whatever it is (newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.)
 * Do your best to fill in all of the blanks.
 * Article Title = the title at the top of the article
 * Contributors = author or editor. Sometimes you cannot find an author/editor and that's okay. Leave it blank if that is the case.
 * Journal/Newspaper/Magazine/Encyclopedia Title = usually found near the top of the page where it says "Source."
 * City (optional)
 * Advanced Info (if you know the edition, section, and/or volume numbers)
 * Date Published = the date that the article was written. It is usually close to the top of the page.
 * Pages (start, end) = if you know the beginning page number and the end page number.
 * Database = MAS Ultra - School Edition
 * Publisher/Service Provider = EBSCOhost
 * Date Accessed = today's date. Click on "Today" to fill in the blanks with today's date.
 * URL = the Persistent Link to this Record (Permalink)

At the top of the search box, choose the tab that reads "All 59 options." Choose whichever type of source you used. You can try typing the URL or title of the encyclopedia in the search box to see if EasyBib recognizes the website and/or title. If not, you'll have to fill in the blanks. Ask Mrs. Walker if you need help. As always, if you do not know something (ie. Main performers), leave the box blank.
 * ‍4. If you're citing images/audio/film/online videos/encyclopedia articles, etc: **

a) Check out #6 "Project Success," Tutorial 1 where you can submit your finished paper to Paper Rater to check for unintentional plagiarism and for helpful tips on your word choice, grammar, spelling, etc.
 * D. The Finished Product **