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Mission:

The mission of the CBA Markert Library program is to teach information literacy in collaboration with classroom teachers within the context of the content curriculum, inspire and develop a love of reading, and provide diverse materials and services to enable students to become life-long learners and effective users of information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big 6 Research Method

1.1. Define the problem

1.2 Identify the information requirements

 

Task: Like Chains, you are going to choose quotes, or epigrams, for a personal experience in your life.

 

Product:

Your epigram and narrative +

MLA works cited page


2.1 Determine kinds of sources

2.2 Prioritize sources

 

Books: carefully researched

 

Internet: May contain information outside of what a book holds; sites below only

3.1 Locate actual resources

3.2 Locate information

Books: on table in library

Internet:

Bartlby.com Good Quotations by Famous People Yale book of Quotations
Columbia World of Quotations Quotations Book

Song Lyrics

Lyrics Freak

 

DO NOT GOOGLE

USE ONLY SITES ABOVE AND BOOKS

 

4.1 Engage (read, view, interview)

4.2 Extract (make notes)

Citation generator

How to enter a Website in EasyBib

5.1 Organize information

5.2 Present information

Make sure that your Works Cited page follows MLA formatting: 1" margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, with resources in alphabetical order in hanging format.

See the video for 7th grade hanging format

Example Works Cited

MLA basics for 7th grade

MLA date format: day month year

Heading example: 21 September 2010

6.1 Judge the product

6.2 Judge the process

What did you learn about what quotes mean?  What kind of quotes did you choose?

What did you learn about research?

The "Big6™" is copyright © (1987) Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. For more information, visit: www.big6.com