During this step you need to ask:
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- How can I organise this information to solve my problem/ complete my task?
- Have I:
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- made notes under my focus questions or organised my notes to match them?
- recorded details of my sources of information for my Reference List/ Bibliography?
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- Do I have enough information?
NOTETAKING
- Select a suitable note making method of recording the information you find.
- Write down the relevant notes in the note making format you have chosen.
Other Note-taking Tools
OneNote – Login to your Office 365 account. You can download this application for free to you laptop or iPad.
ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR SOURCES
- Write down where you got your information from in a Reference List/ Bibliography, and begin to practice in-text referencing.
Note: From Years 7 & 8 students need to be able to demonstrate respect for intellectual property by applying practices that comply with ethical and legal obligations surrounding ownership and use of digital products. This includes using referencing conventions, using and attributing creative commons materials and adhering to copyright obligations.
This means you should include a reference list/ bibliography when ever you complete a research task to acknowledge where you got your information and ideas from, even if your teacher doesn’t ask for it. It gives your work academic integrity and is one aspect to helping you avoid plagiarism.
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- SLAV Referencing Generator – Choose from either Junior, Middle or Senior Level
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- Citefast (Create an account to save your work as you go)
Helpful Links:
Plagiarism guide – how to avoid it