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Carver Library FAQs
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Library Rules (Behavior Expectations)
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Navigating Carver Middle School Library |
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GENERAL LIBRARY INFORMATION
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1. How can I find out the latest Carver Library news?
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Click on Twitter button: 
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2. When is the library open?
- Monday - Friday, open 8:15 AM
- Usually open until at least 4:15 unless there is a meeting off site.
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4. When can students come to the library during the day?
See this GoAnimate movie for the answer
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| 5. Where is the library catalog ? |
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Click on the Wildcat above.
Click on Carver.
Student Username: ID# (sans 1st 0)
Student password: Last name
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RESEARCH - Using Reliable Resources
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6. Evaluate Information on the web!
Google (and other search engines) have reliable resources. They also have unreliable resources! That leaves you with the responsibility of determining which sites from Google are reliable and which sites are not. Here are two guides to help you do that.
7. Where are the Online Reliable Resources Mrs. Edwards is always talking about?
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Click here: Tulsa Public Schools Online Resources
Type in the login and password. (Get a copy of the passwords page from the library.)
Click on Online Database button.
Choose the resource that is most likely to help you answer your questions. (If you don't know, explore!)
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8. What does "Reliable Resource" mean anyway?
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Reliable Resources are written by experts.
They have been vetted. That means that they have been examined and reviewed by experts in the field they are about.
Non-fiction library books have been vetted.
Online Reliable Resources have also been vetted.
Reliable resources provide information that is true.
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9. So what do we do now?
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It's always good to use more than one Reliable Resource. The information should be the same. If not, look at a third resource.
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Always
pay attention to how old the information is. Some information will
have changed. (Who the president is, how tall a tree is, weather
records, etc.) Some information will not change (When a person was born
or died, for example). Look for current information.
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RESEARCH - Citing Sources
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10. When do I cite sources? |
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You always site sources you use that provide uncommon knowledge.
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11. What does "cite" mean anyway?
Cite is
something you do, so it's a verb. If you cite your source, you follow a
recognized format (such as MLA) to let the reader know where you got
your information.
Site is a place, so it's a noun. A web site is a place on the web. Think about this: People can go site-seeing.
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12. How do I cite sources?
Citation Resources that tell you how to cite your sources (and much more):
The Online Reliable Sources provide you with the citation!
Easy Directions
EasyBib Visual Guide to Citation
How to create citations in Destiny Library Catalog
MLA 7th Edition (Current edition) Quick Reference from Penn State
How to cite Books and Journals
How to cite web pages
EasyBid
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13. Why do I have to cite my sources?
It’s expected and required by most teachers.
It is the ethical thing to do.
If you need to find the facts again, you have the location.
Teachers may want to check the reliability of your sources.
Teachers may want to compare what you have written to what the original source said.
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RESEARCH - Organization
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14. You will need to know where (which source) you got each piece of uncommon information! Here is one way to organize your notes as you research.
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- When you find a reliable resource that looks like it might be relevant, go to EDIT and then FIND. Type in a keyword. Click NEXT through the resource (article) and see how many times your word comes up. This will give you an overview of the article to see if it has what you need. You may want to FIND other keywords too.
- Once you decide that you can use a resource, find (or create) the citation for the article and paste it into WORD. Save the WORD document right away and continue to save it frequently and when you close the document.
- Go back to the article and scan looking for information that you can use.
- Go back to the WORD document and create bullet points of paraphrased information from the resource. These are notes. You don't have to write complete sentences. This is important because it is the first step in paraphrasing, it requires you to read, and, it will save you time.
- You can create a new WORD document for each resource you use, or you can just paste the new citation when you start taking notes from a different resource. The goal is to be able to tell which source gave you which information.
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15. Why should you care where you got each piece of information?
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You are going to have to include footnotes in your research. Although you will probably create parenthetical notes, both parenthetical notes and footnotes both serve to identify where you got each piece of information you use. Here is an example of a document with extensive footnotes: The Oklahoma Race Riot http://www.tulsareparations.org/TulsaRiot.htm
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RESEARCH - Paraphrasing vs. Plagiarizing
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Paraphrasing is restating something in your own words. You read, comprehend, and then say it again in your own words. For example, if someone calls your home and you take a message, you are not going to write exactly what the person says.
Plagiarizing is stealing! It is using someone else's words and pretending that they are your words.
16. How can you tell if something has been plagiarized?
RESEARCH - Parenthetical Citations
17. How do you cite your source of information within the research text?
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