Elections

Elections!

Political Science Big6ä Research Project
Mr. Power, Medfield High School Faculty

The Big6ä Information Gathering Process:

Step 1. Task Definition
1. What am I supposed to do?
2. What information do I need?

Step 2. Information Seeking Strategies
                1. What are the possible sources of information I can use?
                    2. What are the best sources for this assignment?

Step 3. Location and Access
                1. Where will I find these sources?
                    2. Do I know how to use them?

Step 4. Use of Information
                1. How will I record the information?
                    2. How will I evaluate the information?

Step 5. Synthesis
                    1. How will the information be used?

Step 6. Evaluation
                     1. How will I be graded?
                     2. How did I do? What might I do differently another time?

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Step 2. Information Seeking Strategies

                BOOKS
                            *
                    INTERNET SITES
                             * Federal Election Commission
                    ELECTRONIC
                           *   Dialog@Carl News Collection
                                            Full text of 115 newspapers from the US and Around the world
                                            Click Here to access from MHS (not available from outside)
                            * Boston Globe This database gives access back to 1980; it is also available from the above link
                                            Click Here is access from MHS (not available from outside)
                            * Electric Library online database
                                            Turn "Off" or "On" any of the following features:
                                                Magazines, Newspapers, Pictures, Maps,
                                                TV/Radio and Reference Shelf
                                    To access from Medfield High School:
                                            Minimize this screen; the icon is on the desktop
                                    To access from home / outside MHS: you will need to use
                                                            a public library card - type in barcode
                                           Metrowest Library Information Network

                            * SearchBank
                                            Click here to access from MHS
                                                There are multiple databases available; probably "ASAP Academic" would be the most useful
                                            Access SearchBank from home courtesy of the Metrowest Regional Library System
                                                using a public library card (type in barcode)

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Step 3. Location and Access

* Minuteman Library Network
                                  Search the catalogs of 23 nearby public libraries.
                                  The Medfield Public Library is a part of this system.
                                        Search their catalog and place a "Hold" on a book you need.

                    * Old Colony Library Network
                                   Search the south shore libraries, including Walpole Public library.
                                        If you have a Walpole card, you can ask for a book online;
                                        the book can be delivered to the Walpole library and they
                                        will call you at home to tell you it is in.
                                                To get a (free) Walpole card:
                                                    Apply at the library (Common Street)
                                                    Show proof of Medfield residency

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Page last updated September 10, 1999