Taking Notes
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Using Gale

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Try this link.

If it doesn't work,

follow these steps.

 

>Go to the GPISD home page

>Students

>Library Resources

>GPISD Databases

>Gale Database

>Middle School Resources

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Click 'Sign in with Google'

to link it to your Google drive and use

'Research in Context'.

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When you find articles you like,

you can add them to you Google drive. There, you can highlight and add notes

(for a grade) like this.

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LOTS of Resources

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Overview

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The Outline

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Introduction

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Thesis

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Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

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Conclusion

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Citing Sources

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Format

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Samples

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Finding Sources and Taking Notes

 

Take a look at this website.

It gives a very straightforward explanation of the research process,

including taking notes on notecards.

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Finding Sources

 

Wikipedia articles are research papers and they list their sources at the end of the article. See if you can find some good ones.

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I found

  1. https://sightscotland.org.uk/articles/information-and-advice/who-was-louis-braille

  2. https://www.rnib.org.uk/braille-and-other-tactile-codes-portal-braille-past-present-and-future/invention-braille

  3. https://www.afb.org/about-afb/history/online-museums/life-and-legacy-louis-braille?FrameID=185

  4. http://www.brailleauthority.org/article/evolution_of_braille-part1.pdf

  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1952/02/24/archives/that-those-who-are-blind-may-read.html

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However, Wikipedia is not always the best to use for school papers. Often, their sources are blocked when using district devices; sometimes their links are out of date; sometimes their sources are books that you won't have access to.

 

So use Google. Ask it for exactly what you're looking for: "Where did Louis Braille go to school?"

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Often Google will show you the answer on the search page. You'll have to go to the source page to get the full information. 

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Remember,  most teachers will not want you to use an online encyclopedia or similar site for your research.

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Guide to website suffixes.

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Taking Notes

This is where it becomes a challenge. You need to make a copy of these articles/ websites. You can then put it in Google Docs and take notes on the page. You're looking for information to fill in on your outline.

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The video below (Recording #9 with narration) shows how to copy and paste a website article into a Google Doc and then writing a bit in the comment section.

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Save all your sources and notes to a folder called "22-23 Encounters 7 or 8 Research Your Last Name"

 

Link to the Google doc showing what I mean.

23 - 24 Sample of Source with notes.jpg
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