10th ELA Person of Interest Research

• You will use Noodletools to:
  • help you during research
  • create your works cited/bibliography.
  • create notecards
• See all Noodletools Tutorials here

Where to Find Sources

• There are three primary "places" you can look for sources 
  • Books / Ebooks
  • Subscription Databases
  • Free Web
• **Depending on who your "Person" is, you may find great sources in any of these three places. However, for this research, it is entirely possible that the free web will be your best bet.

Types of Sources

• Direct sources such as:
  • Person's Official website/blog
  • Interviews
  • Social Media Posts, etc
• Secondary sources such as:
  • Biographies
  • Documentaries
  • Magazine Spreads, etc

Keywords & Search Strings - Download Graphic Organizer

1. Create a Keyword Bank:
   1. Write down the important words, names, or ideas relating to your topic that you currently know.
   2. Add more words, names, and ideas as you discover them in your research.
   3. 
2. Create a Search String:
   1. You should always research by searching carefully selected keywords NOT entire sentances!
   2. 
   3. Example:
   4. 

Databases 

 

Evaluating Sources: Investigate the Source

1. Read Laterally:
   1. Do not learn about a source from the source itself.
   2. Instead look for what OTHER sites/sources say about it.
2. Is the Source Reliable?
   1. Determine who is providing the information (publisher, organization, website name, author) 
   2. And if they are reliable

1. The Media Bias Fac Check Method
   1. Identify your source (usually its the name of the website)
   2. Search MediaBiasFactCheck.com for your source
   3. See what MBFC says about your source's biases and reputation

1. The Wikipedia Method
   1. Video: How to Investigate Source using "The Wikipedia Method"
   2. More details on how to use "The Wikipedia Method" 

1. 1. What to look out for:
      1. Who is providing the info & are they reliable?
      2. Do they have a good reputation?
      3. How long have they been in existance?
      4. Do they have any agendas or biases that need to be accounted for?

Practice Citing a Free Web Source:

Choose at least one of these sources and try to cite it correctly in Noodletools.

• Interview source
• Tweet source
• Website source

Check if Correct:

• Check interview source
• Check tweet source
• Check website source

 Tips:

• Tips for Citing Free Web Sources
• If you cannot find the information for a box in Noodletools you will leave that box blank. It is normal for some boxes to be left blank sometimes.
• Open Graphic below for clearer view

How do I know who is publishing the source?

Usually the publisher is the website's name which can be found in the top right hand corner of the webpage or in the first part of the URL.