Research+Process

What information do I need? I need a strategy!! What tools are in the library or on the Internet to help me? Which one(s) will work best? How do I use these tools to select only the few best articles or books or images that I need? How do I find the information I need within a book or article? How do I record the information I find so that I can locate and use it later? How do I take note that are useful and save me time? How do I use my notes to write my report or speech or digital story or film or poster ....?

**Strategy development tools: articulate concepts, generate keyword, identify relationships among ideas **
KW chart questioning mindmap or concept map QAD pizza pie Venn diagrams Boolean operators

**Generating Keywords**
nyms related terms patterns of keywords

**Source Selection**
source evaluation chart index skills keywords

**Note-taking**
schema of main, subordinate, and related ideas outlines mindmaps

Search strategy -- Keywords

Layer 1 Japan Geography

Layer 2 Asia Far East holidays religion Shinto Buddhism cookery/cooking Tokyo Fujiyama costume/clothing

Layer 3 industry economy crops rainfall weather climate precipitation currency money monetary unit government topography mountains landforms rivers lakes bodies of water homes housing food meals food habits meals eating habits