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Research Tips

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1. List all the words connected to what you want to know,
    including synonyms. Some key words will be to general, like Sports,
     when you are looking for Baseball players, and it will take you a long time
     to find your subject.
     Some key words may be too specific, like dorsal fins, when you are
     looking for how whales move through water.
     Some key words may be fine, but just not the ones used by a particular
     index. For instance, games may be under recreation or in the Ss
     under Sports and games.
2. Encyclopedias are wonderful for giving an overview of your subject
     to show where it fit in the bigger picture.
     To use an Encyclopedia database you should follow these steps.
     Click on the Encyclopedia database
     Type a subject's name (last name first)
     Leave out beginning articles, like A, An, and The.
3. Reading and overview article will give you some other useful terms
to use as key words for further searching.

If you still have questions try these websites:
   1. Google www.google.com:
         Google ranks each page based on how many other pages that are linked to it. The site
            you see at the top of your list of search results are those that were linked the most. If
            you click on the "I'm feeling lucky" button, Google tries to guess exactly what you want
            and shows you its first web site only. Google indexes computers.
      2. Yahoolians www.yahooligans.com:
           You can search this kid-friendly search engine by key words or by subject. If you type
           in a broad term, like turtle, Yahooligans has a way of offering you choices which help
           you get closer to what you are looking for, like sea turtles or pet care turtles.
     3. Ask Jeeves for kids www.ajkids.com :
          You can type a whole question into this search engine, leaving in the little connecting
          words. Jeeves comes back with some suggestions about what it thinks you want to
          know and points to some sites that different search engines found. Click on the drop
          down menu for each. Select the topic that comes closest to what you are looking for,
          click on ASK and Jeeves will take you there. It searches Yahooligans and Education
          World to find sites it pulls up.
     4. World Book Online www.louisianaschools.net/worldbook :
          This site can only be accessed by teachers and students at school.

5. Help with writing bibliographies www.noodlestool.com