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Read // Smart Research Strategies on MyOn. //
 * 1) Read the book through and take the quiz. Score at least 4 out of 5 on the quiz. Reread the book again, if necessary and take the quiz again if necessary to score at least 4 out of 5.
 * 2) Then answer the questions below. Provide the page number as evidence for each of your answers.

Place the answer in the middle column. Place the page # in the right column. Question 2. What is Step 1 in starting the investigation? || Kristine Carlson Asselin know what the teacher wants || Title page 6 || narrated by a scientist who observed the animals in the wild a primary or secondary source? || It would be a primary source because the scientist was there, watching and recording facts about the orangutan. || 23 || **Information Summary**:
 * **Question** || **Answer** || **Page #** ||
 * 1. Who is the author?
 * 3. What is Step 2 in starting the investigation? || Choose a topic || 6 ||
 * 4. What is Step 3 in starting the investigation? || Make a list || 6 ||
 * 5. What is a chronological outline? || A outline made of events in time order || 7 ||
 * 6. What is a bibliography? || It is an alphabetical list of sources || 8 ||
 * 7. What are 3 keywords to use in a library database search? || ''AND" "NOT" "OR" (boolean logic) || 10 ||
 * 8. What is a podcast? || A downloadable video or audio || 13 ||
 * 9. What is an encyclopedia? What is the oldest encyclopedia? || Books or series of books that contain brief entries of broad topics, The Encyclopedia Britannica || 14 ||
 * 10. What is an almanac? What is the oldest continuously published almanac? || A magazine or newspaper on weather or the sky, the Farmer's Almanac || 15 ||
 * 11. What is a magazine or periodical? || A regularly scheduled paper by often multiple authors. || 16 ||
 * 12. What does ILL stand for? || Interlibrary loans || 17 ||
 * 13. What is a primary source? || They are an eyewitness account of an event || 20 ||
 * 14. What does verify mean? || Verify means to make sure that something is true. || 20 ||
 * 15. What are secondary sources? || Documents based on primary sources || 22 ||
 * 16. Is a documentary about an orangutan,
 * 17. What does expertise mean? || Expertise is having a special skill or knowledge. || 24 ||
 * 18. What does credible mean? || Credible means that it is able to be believed, trustworthy. || 24 ||
 * 19. Why is it important to know the publisher of a book, magazine, newspaper or website? || Knowing these things can help you to figure out if the subject is credible. || 25 ||
 * 20. What is plagiarism? || It is when you don't credit other people's work or ideas || 27 ||
 * 1) Discuss why it is important to use sources that are credible? It is important to use credible sources because you don't want to inform or learn incorrect information.
 * 2) What are strategies for finding credible sources? Some strategies are looking for the publication date, seeing if the author has expertise, and looking at the publisher.
 * 3) How does a library database help to find sources that are credible? Library databases can help you if you use the interlibrary loan.

**Author Summary**: Think about the author of the book. Answer the following questions:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? The subject is on using smart research. it was compared to bad ways to get information from places that are not credible.
 * 2) What symbols did the author use? The author used symbols such as a laptop in which you can use the internet for research.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? The highlighted words such as expertise and credible stand out because they are highlighted and explained at the bottom of the page.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? They were more vivid and aren't used very often.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? Credible has the synonym trustworthy in it.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? The voice was formal and wasn't meant to be a "fun" book for entertainment but instead for information.
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? Yes, it was.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book? I think that the most important sentence is "With the investigating skills of a great researcher, you are on your way to a great grade on all your research projects." -from the book.