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Encourage credible searching with Google Scholar.

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Lookup scholarly articles as you browse the web.

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5Ws and H Thinking Template - Google Docs

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5Ws and H Thinking Template - Google Docs

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Basic template for developing supporting questions; level up through discussion to widen perspectives.

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Hitting the Target: Good Research Questions - Google Slides

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Hitting the Target: Good Research Questions - Google Slides

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AP Research checklist for effective research questions.

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Hitting the Target: Good Research Questions

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Target: Research Questions Criteria for Good Research Questions

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Tips for good interviews.

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Definitions, Assumptions, and Hypotheses - Google Slides

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Definitions, Assumptions, and Hypotheses - Google Slides

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Slide show explicating relationships between higher level research terms.

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Disciplinary Literacy.pdf - Google Drive

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Disciplinary Literacy.pdf - Google Drive

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Understand ways of thinking and communicating in different academic disciplines.

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Dimensions of Disciplinary Understanding - Google Docs

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Dimensions of Disciplinary Understanding - Google Docs

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Tools for situating research in a particular field or discipline.

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Activities exploring different types of methodologies.

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Protocol based on Question Formulation Technique from the Right Question Institute.

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Posing Questions A Question Protocol based on the Question Formulation Technique

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Design Thinking Template - Google Slides

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Design Thinking Template - Google Slides

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Slide deck template for students using Design Thinking model at RCHS.

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How to find an expert - The Journalist's Resource

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How to find an expert - The Journalist's Resource

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Tips for accessing field experts.

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Review of how to use Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search in order to locate and leverage networks of scholarly experts.

It's a dilemma that almost every general-assignment reporter, producer or editor faces: A new, complex topic and a fast-approaching deadline. As specialty beats are cut back, it's a situation that is more and more common in newsrooms today.

One time-honored method that journalists employ is to "pull the clips" and see which experts have been quoted in prior news pieces done by other journalists on the subject. Of course, that frequently means the same experts are quoted over and over again - once in the New York Times, Associated Pressor Wall Street Journal, once on NPR, CBS and Fox News, and on down the line to regional and local outlets. But that selection process means that media likely miss a wide range of voices, particularly younger, up-and-coming researchers and those with more targeted expertise.

How can you find an up-to-date, well-respected and credible expert on a specific news topic?

While there is no perfect tool for finding non-partisan experts on subjects - no perfect "experts.org" tool with a simple user interface (though new tools like expertisefinder.com are emerging) - two sites, Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search, can function as tremendously powerful engines for finding experts. While not featuring the kinds of experts offered up by consulting or market research firms, Google and Microsoft carefully map the academic research world and provide some handy features for measuring researchers' stature and expertise.

For example, on Google Scholar you can quickly find experts who are highly up-to-date, credible and important in their field:

On the far left, in the blue circle, you can search for the latest research on a topic and delineate the date, excluding older works. The number of scholarly citations a book or paper has received is shown, circled in pink, suggesting its importance in the research world. Over at the far right, circled in green, you'll see if Google Scholar has found any downloadable PDF copies of a work. Finally, in the first search result, circled in red at top, you'll see that the authors' names are underlined, which means you can click over to a biographical page that tells you about their other books and papers in order to assess their depth in the field - and you can also click through to see their co-authors (below, circled in red):

Microsoft Academic Search has many of the same features that allow you to select works by date and to see citations and other information. It also provides a nice presentation layer for biographical information about the scholar and his or her work, as well as a timeline for how powerful and well-cited the research output has been over time:

Microsoft's search tool has a feature that allows you to click on the "Cited by Authors" tab (in the red circle above) and visualize the web of researchers who have cited the work of the scholar in question:

To see profiles for other scholars in the graph, just mouse over their images and click on their names. Remember that research is always "networked" - with scholars animatedly discussing theories, data and ideas. So see who cites whom, and be sure to bounce arguments off various people within that subfield if you are reporting on a complex or controversial piece of research or point of view.

Related: For more on academic studies themselves and how to interpret them, see this tip sheet. Statistics are a big part of research, obviously - here's a brief, useful primer on how to cut through the jargon and interpret numbers.

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How to find an expert and tap research networks on deadline: Tips on Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search - The Journalist's Resource

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Review of how to use Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search in order to locate and leverage networks of scholarly experts. It's a dilemma that almost every general-assignment reporter, producer or editor faces: A new, complex topic and a fast-approaching deadline. As specialty beats are cut back, it's a situation that is more and more common in newsrooms today.

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Use this interactive tool to analyze a text and customize search terms within the massive JSTOR database.

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Text Analyzer is a new way to search for articles and books on JSTOR. Upload any document and Text Analyzer inspects it, devises a set of terms the paper it ~thinks~ is about, and then recommends other scholarship from JSTOR based on those terms.

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StoryCorps – Stories from people of all backgrounds and beliefs

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StoryCorps – Stories from people of all backgrounds and beliefs

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Great resources for exploring personal impact of events.

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Stories from people of all backgrounds and beliefs

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Tool from the Library of Congress that can be used for all types of sources and stresses the importance of "asking questions" through all stages of the research process!

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Research Basics: an open academic research skills course - LibGuides at JSTOR

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Research Basics: an open academic research skills course - LibGuides at JSTOR

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Welcome to the ever-expanding universe of scholarly research!

There's a lot of digital content out there, and we want to help you get a handle on it. Where do you start? What do you do? How do you use it? Don't worry, this course has you covered.

This introductory program was created by JSTOR to help you get familiar with basic research concepts needed for success in school. The course contains three modules, each made up of three short lessons and three sets of practice quizzes. The topics covered are subjects that will help you prepare for college-level research. Each module ends with an assessment to test your knowledge.

The JSTOR librarians who helped create the course hope you learn from the experience and feel ready to research when you've finished this program. Select Module 1: Effective Searching to begin the course. Good luck!

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LibGuides: Research Basics: an open academic research skills course: Welcome

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Scribbr Knowledge Base | Research Tutorials and Guides

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Scribbr Knowledge Base | Research Tutorials and Guides

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Easy-to-follow step-by-steps for writing up research elements.

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Scribbr Knowledge Base | 250+ Free Articles That Help You Graduate

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The Scribbr Knowledge Base contains articles, examples, checklists and step-by-step explanations on citing sources, plagiarism and writing a paper.

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Collection of videos (many also accessible with online article support in Scribbr Knowledge Base).

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Scribbr - YouTube

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👋 Hi, we are Scribbr! We are a team of around 50 young people in Amsterdam, and we partner with more than 500 freelancers across the globe to help students graduate and become better academic writers. We proofread papers, detect plagiarism, automatically generate citations and create helpful articles and videos that we share here on YouTube and in our Knowledge Base.

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Questions to guide reflection on content, product and process.

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Inquiry Process Overview This page follows the general steps of the inquiry process outlined in the RCHS Inquiry Process overview and handout.

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Question analysis protocol as part of Question Formulation Technique for middle school students.

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Slide deck with links to authentic audiences.

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Explanation of CARS tool for evaluating information sources.

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Learn about using the CARS method for evaluating sources on the Information Highway.

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Overview of Stanford History Education Group COR questions paired with SIFT process for analyzing sources.

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Adaptation of the KWL chart to guide deeper inquiry.

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Credibility Continuum_CR copy.pdf - Google Drive

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Credibility Continuum_CR copy.pdf - Google Drive

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Sources evaluation continuum from UCCS professor.

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Hierarchy/conversation chart for resources

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Reading Scholarly Journal Articles - Google Slides

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Reading Scholarly Journal Articles - Google Slides

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Steps in reading complex scholarly works.

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What Goes Into a Good Question? - Google Slides

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What Goes Into a Good Question? - Google Slides

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Explore components of a strong inquiry question (adapted from You for Youth/Dept of Education)

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Help students see connections between sources.

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Analyzing a TED talk as a means of discussing presentation techniques and sharing of research.

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K-12 Inquiry Process Learning Progression - Google Docs

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K-12 Inquiry Process Learning Progression - Google Docs

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See how inquiry skills progress over time.

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K-12 Inquiry Process Learning Progression

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K-12 Inquiry Process Skills Descriptors - Google Docs

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K-12 Inquiry Process Skills Descriptors - Google Docs

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Use these descriptors to evaluate student progress on inquiry process skills.

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RCHS Inquiry Process Overview - Google Slides

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RCHS Inquiry Process Overview - Google Slides

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Overview of a basic inquiry process (online resources organized around these steps/products).

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Research Methods-Quick Notes.pdf - Google Drive

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Research Methods-Quick Notes.pdf - Google Drive

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AP notes on research methods.

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Research Methodology and Alignment - Google Docs

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Research Methodology and Alignment - Google Docs

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Document to prepare for a formal inquiry proposal.

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Tool for generating search terms based on conceptual and linguistic relationships.

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AP Capstone Pedagogical Framework.pdf - Google Drive

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AP Capstone Pedagogical Framework.pdf - Google Drive

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Overview of AP Capstone inquiry process and skills framework.

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Tips for evaluating scientific processes.

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Types of Scientific Evidence.pdf - Google Drive

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Types of Scientific Evidence.pdf - Google Drive

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Tool for understanding basic scientific research processes.

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Template for Work-in-Progress meetings for ongoing research projects.