US 10 Edwards: Romantic Art 2016: Research Strategies

• Know what your are being asked to do
• Highlight key words and due dates on your assignment
• Be able to restate the assignment in your own words
• Always have your assignment next to you when you are working
• Take a look at background information found in the following sources:
  • general encyclopedias, reference books
  • textbooks
  • general dictionaries
  • Background info = Common Knowledge
• Once you have background knowlege, develop research questions:
  • Write down what you already know or don't know about your topic
  • Using that information, develop questions you would like to answer when doing your research
  • Use probing questions such as why? how? what if? should? 
  • Avoid questions that can be answered with YES or NO

• Use the sources provided in this Research Guide.
• The search terms or keywords you use to search are what determine the results you get.
• Generate keyword search terms by identifying the main ideas or concepts within the topic sentence
• ​Keep a list of search terms. (searching "history of clocks" will not help--be specific: "timepieces in history" or "measuring time" or "horology"
• Use your assignment handout for other terms. 
• Expand your search terms by brainstorming related terms or synonyms that describe your main ideas:
  • Money: currency, banking, usury, coinage, cowrie, barter
  • Globalization; development, growth, proliferation
  • History; ancient meaning, orgination
  • Maps: cartography, topography 

• Use the skim and scan technique within the source—read captions, bold headings, etc.
• Use CMD+F to locate your keyword within a source--if it is a PDF file, you will need to download the file first
• Be aware of he author's point of view, the type of source, and the age of the source
• Look for sources that support both sides of an argument to get a clear picture of your issue.

• A set of good notes will make the writing process much, much easier
• Always begin by keeping the bibliographic information for all the sources you use
• Only record information that relates to your topic. Use bullet point summaries of the information you need
• NEVER copy & paste text from an online source

Sample Notes: 

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ OR create citation

• take notes here in bullet points

Gray, Thalia. "Domestication of Plants and Animals." Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries. Ed. Tim Murray. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2001. Credo Reference. Web. 7 Jan. 2016

• Domestication occurs when humans control all aspects of an animal's life 
• Herding wild animals to breed them for a specific purpose
• Earliest site of domestication in the New World

Bartosiewicz, LÁszlÓ. "Animal Husbandry." Ancient Europe, 8000 B.C. to A.D. 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World. Ed. Peter Bogucki and Pam J. Crabtree. Vol. 2: Bronze Age to Early Middle Ages (c. 3000 B.C. - A.D. 1000). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 366-370. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 Dec. 2014.

• animal husbandry est in European Iron Age
• as Christianity increased, horse eating declined. Pork introduced

• Did you check your work against the assignment outline?
• Did you answer the question you were asked?
• Is each point you have made supported by facts?
• Does your works cited accurately reflect the resources you used?