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Research Tips for the Extended Essay - Tutorial Videos

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Please click on the image to gain access to four research process tutorials on Mnagebac (for DP students only)

Download the presentation on MLA Documentation Style for the DP

guide_to_the_ib_extended_essay_–_may_2019_crouch_and_kharun.pdf
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mla_for_ee_2018.ppt
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Search Tips in the Research Process

Download the document to learn more about how to find Library and eResources, as well as excellent search strategies.
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Destiny WebPath Express - Use the Library catalogue to find great websites

Watch this video to find out how to use the ISD Library Destiny catalogue to view recommended websites.

The Websites that you view in this type of search are all 'safe'. They have been chosen by Librarians and educators.

Britannica Study Guides

The ISD Library subscribes to The Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Britannica also produces study guides for students, the first of which deals with essay writing.

Click on the image to the right to access the study guide.

The guides contain information, advice, useful tools and tips, and PDF documents that you can download.
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Six Point Roadmap for Writing Papers

There are many methods that you can use to put a research paper together. The following information can help you to organise the writing process
Six Point Plan for Writing a Research Paper

1.     Consider the topic and formulate keywords

2.     Conduct an information search

3.     Take notes

4.     Organise your notes into a plan

5.     Write your work

6.     Write a table of contents, a bibliography, and check your work

IN DETAIL:

Consider the topic and formulate keywords

What is the question asking?

What are the main keywords?

Where will you look for information?

Conduct an information search

Use your knowledge of DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification) to search for relevant information

Remember that DDC holds information in various places

If you are not satisfied with your search, alter your keywords and search again

Take notes

Using each information source (book, website, etc.), take notes

Remember to write down the source information and page numbers

Organise your notes into a plan

Re-read the topic question. Are you answering it clearly?

Organise your notes into a beginning, middle, and end

Consider what each paragraph will say

Write your work

The introduction should give general information about the topic

It should also contain a thesis statement

Each paragraph should start with a topic sentence

Each paragraph should end with a transition to the next

The conclusion should end with a question or statement, which makes the reader think more closely about the topic

Write a table of contents, a Works Cited, and check your work

Read your work. Has it properly answered the question?

The table of contents come at the start and shows the page number of each section

The bibliography comes at the end and shows which sources you used

Check your work for spelling, punctuation, and grammar

Useful Resources

Use these resources to help plan and carry out your research
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dewey_decimal_classification.docx
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This file contains a copy of the most important Dewey numbers, to help you find your way around the Library


Evernote

Use a program like Evernote to keep details records of all of your notes and ideas. The example below shows the framework for a paragraph of writing along with a detail of a page from a book, taken with an iPad
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