Collecting sources for study skills

Your Name:________________________________________

You must be very careful to collect all the information pieces you need to create a citationwhen you want to write a report or a paper. When you create a citation, it is like a map that someone else can use to find the same article or book that you used.

1. Are there any books in the catalog for study skills?

Select Library catalog from the Library Homepage
Select WORDS search, type in this search study skills
select one book you might want to read

Author's name____________________________________________________________

Title___________________________________________________________________

Call Number:____________________________________________________________

Status (is it available?) _____________________________________________________

Choose one of the study skills listed below
Write down the one you chose

Study skills topic:______________________________________________

mind maps or mind mapping

time management

Note taking

test preparation

reading speed

test anxiety management

2. Can you find a fulltext magazine article?

select Fulltext Articles from the Library Homepage,
Select Magazine & Journal Articles
Select EBSCOhost Web
Type in your topic
Select one article

Author name____________________________________________________________

Article title______________________________________________________________

Name of the Magazine in which the article was published (listed as the SOURCE)

________________________________________________________________________

Date:____________________________________________________________________

4. Using Google to find Web sites

From the library homepage select Search the Internet

then select Google:

Using Google, identify an Internet resource on your topic

(remember to put two word phrases into quotes)
for example: "mind maps"

Title:____________________________________________________________________

Author:____________________________________________________________________

Internet Address:____________________________________________________________________

Todays date:____________________________________________________________________

Grade the website where 5 is a high score:

Information is relevant to your topic Score 0 - 1
Information is from a reliable source Score 0 - 1
Information is useful for your topic Score 0 - 1
Information is presented objectively Score 0 - 1
Information is current Score 0 - 1

Select a second Website from your Google search :

Title:____________________________________________________________________

Author:____________________________________________________________________

Internet Address:____________________________________________________________________

Todays date:____________________________________________________________________

Grade the website where 5 is a high score:

Information is relevant to your topic Score 0 - 1

Information is from a reliable source Score 0 - 1

Information is useful for your topic Score 0 - 1

Information is presented objectively Score 0 - 1

Information is current Score 0 - 1

March 11, 2002 Johanna Bowen

Information is relevant to your topic	Score 0 - 1
Information is from a reliable source	Score 0 - 1
Information is useful for your topic	Score 0 - 1
Information is presented objectively	Score 0 - 1
Information is current	Score 0 - 1