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?
                    2.  How will I cite my resources?
                            The handout on Compiling Your Resources is available in the LMC
                                or online through the Writing Center
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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  BOOKS
                               Suggested titles from the MHS Library Media Center:
  ELECTRONIC
                           *  DiscAuthors (CD ROM)
                            Available on the MHS desktops - access using the icon

                           *  SearchBank database:  Includes Contemporary Authors
                                    To access from Medfield High School:
                                            Either:
                                                *  Go to:  LMC Bookmarks      Choose:  Online Databases
                                                *  OR, click here
                                    To access from home / outside MHS: you will need to use
                                                            a public library card - type in barcode
                                           Metrowest Library Information Network
                                    Note:  Not all articles are "full text.:
                                                If you need to obtain an article
                                                ask the MHS media specialist to order it through the
                                                Wellesley Publis Library / Boston Public Library.
                                                This is a service of the
                                                    Massachusetts Information Library Network
                           *  Contemporary Literary Criticism is available "online" at the
                                    Medfield  Public Library.  It is a top-notch reference
                                    resource - visit MPL!!
                           *  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
 

                           *  Boston Globe Online: Search the archives back to 1980
                                    Accessible only from the MHS computer network
                                    If your author had a published work reviewed in the last
                                    20 years, this may be a helpful source.
 
                       *  Subject Directories:  Excellent way to get quality hits;
                                        "Hits" are sites that are
                                                    pre-reviewed by humans, not robots!
                                         Follow the subject trees or search using keywords
                                                
                                        Yahoo
                                        Mining Company
                                        Lycos

                           *  Search Engines:  Good for the initial stages of research.
                                       Use your results to narrow / define your search.
 
                            Meta Engines:
                                        Metacrawler:  searches 10 different engines/directories
                                                                in 10 seconds; returns them in ranked order
                                        Dogpile:  searches 15 different engines/directories on the Web
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                    *  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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