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AP English IV Research: Online Searching and evaluating sources

Research

“Google' is not a synonym for 'research'.” 
― 
Dan BrownThe Lost Symbol

CRAP TEST introduction

Better Online Searching

The Goal of an Online Search is to get the right information, of the necessary quality in a reasonable amount of time.  So how do we do that without just wadding through vast amounts of results.  The main thing we want to do is to developed a strategy to make our searches the most efficient.

The Needle and the Haystack.

Some times online and database searches feel like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.  So how do you make it more efficient?