Research

The Big6 Research Process || Copyright and Plagiarism || How to Cite a Resource

The Big6 Research Process

Hunt Middle School
The Big6 is a strategy that can be used to solve an information problem or to make a decision based on information. The following pages were developed to help you understand "how to" research a topic.
http://www.bsdvt.org/schools/hunt/library/HMSbig6/Intro.htm

The Official Big6 Web Page
www.big6.com

Copyright and Plagiarism

Copyright

The Copyright Law of the United States governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. This website contains Copyright Guidelines.
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/isu/library/copyright.html

Plagiarism

The following websites will help you to understand what Plagiarism is and how to avoid it. 

The Writing Tutorial Services of Indiana University website contains information regarding "Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It."
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets.shtml

The Purdue University Online Writing Lab website contains information such as: "Choosing When to Give Credit," "Making Sure You Are Safe," and "Deciding if Something is Common Knowledge."
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html

How to Cite A Resource

This site was created by the Oregon Public Education Network Clearinghouse to help students create citations. The interactive "Citation Maker" is an easy tool to use for creating MLA citations. It contains the usual formats for books, etc., but also contains formats for video clips and sound clips as well as personal web pages.                                      http://www.openc.k12.or.us/citeintro/citeintro.php?Grd=Sec

The Duke Libraries have put together a great Web Site on Documentation Guidelines. This site includes APA, Chicago, MLA and Turabian formats for articles from journals, articles from magazines, books, government documents, newspaper articles, primary sources, web pages, online postings and email messages.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited.htm

Noodletools offers students an opportunity to generate an MLA-style citation for a variety of sources. Just fill in the blanks and Noodletools will do the work!!  
http://www.noodletools.com/quickcite/

Works Cited for Grade 6 and Grades 7-12
This site was developed by the Nauset Public Schools in Massachusetts. The 6th grade page will give you the correct format of citations for print and online sources, as well as, CD-ROM, interviews and personal emails.  In addition, the link for 7-12 grades includes the format for an anthology, a translation, a film, a pamphlet, a radio & television program, a videotape and much more.
http://nausetschools.org/research/worksgrade6.htm

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