Unit 3: Research Seminars
This unit outlines skills that will be used in conjunction with other units and projects throughout the course. Research on topics in any Social Justice 12 unit will require the use of these skills.
In this unit, the various skills will be used individually for a short research task, in order to practice a skill in isolation. As you become familiar with the skills, and confident in using them, several skills may be required to complete a project or research task.
This unit will address the following key research skills:
• devising key questions to focus research
• locating print resources, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, newspapers, magazines, books • navigating print resources, using tables of contents, indexes, headings, alphabetized materials
• use of online resources, such as databases, specified web sites, dictionaries and encyclopedias
• use of different search engines and search techniques
• assessing reliability of information sources
• assessing bias and currency in information sources
• taking notes appropriately in order to have accurate information while avoiding plagiarism
• citing sources appropriately (for bibliographies, for in-text quotations)
In this unit, the various skills will be used individually for a short research task, in order to practice a skill in isolation. As you become familiar with the skills, and confident in using them, several skills may be required to complete a project or research task.
This unit will address the following key research skills:
• devising key questions to focus research
• locating print resources, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, newspapers, magazines, books • navigating print resources, using tables of contents, indexes, headings, alphabetized materials
• use of online resources, such as databases, specified web sites, dictionaries and encyclopedias
• use of different search engines and search techniques
• assessing reliability of information sources
• assessing bias and currency in information sources
• taking notes appropriately in order to have accurate information while avoiding plagiarism
• citing sources appropriately (for bibliographies, for in-text quotations)