Research+Report+Guidelines

=1. Title Page: Type the title of your research report followed by your name and period. Include a visual (e.g. picture, animated gif, diagram, video clip)=

**Example:**
=By John Salazar= =Period 4= =2. Table of Contents: Type a well organized table of contents - Include page numbers.= = = =Example:=

=Table of Contents= 1.........................................Introduction 2........................................ What is a dinosaur? 3.........................................When did they live? 4........................................ Diet 5........................................ Locomotion 6........................................ Fossisls 7.........................................How are dinosaurs named? 8.........................................Types of Dinosaurs 9.........................................T-Rex 10........................................Triceratops 11....................................... Conclusion 12....................................... Bibliography

=3. Introduction: Write a one page introduction explaining the reasons you had in choosing the topic of your research report; write the dictionary definition or a brief description of your topic; write your thesis statement (topic sentence); introduce subtopics ( At least 5 subtopics but no more than 10).=

=Example:=

=Page 1 - Introduction=



What do you think when you think of a dinosaur? You probably think of Godzilla or any of those rubber figures you find in toy stores. Dinosaurs were very unique creatures that lived millions and millions of years ago. Some of these prehistoric monsters were reptiles that appeared at the beginning of what scientists called the Mesozoic Era. The largest dinosaur was over 100 ft. long and 15 feet tall. I chose this topic for my research paper because I have always found these incredible, prehistoric animals, fascinating. I will start my electronic report by giving the dictionary definition of a dinosaur, followed by their habitats, food, locomotion and how are they named. I will also write some dinosaur facts about my favorite dinosaurs: The T-Rex and the Triceratops. I hope you enjoy and learn lots of information about these gigantic creatures that roamed our planet a long, long time ago.

=4. Subtopic Pages: Information must be summarized IN YOUR OWN WORDS (paraphrased). If you decide to use the exact same words you find on a website or a book, you must use parenthetical citations or you have to add a citation in your bibliography/works cited. Add at least one picture, animated gif or movie clip for every subtopic.=

=Example:= =Page 2 - What is a dinosaur?=

To begin with, I will define the word dinosaur. Dinosaus comes from two Greek words "deinos", meaning fearfully great and "sauros" a lizard. So .... In other words dinosaur means 'A fearful lizard'. Dinosaurs are extinct animals that lived between 225 and 65 million years ago..... (ADD MORE DEFINITIONS OR MORE INFORMATION)

=Page 3- When did they live? (ADD INFORMATION and a picture ABOUT THIS SUBTOPIC)=

This is a drawing from one of the newly discovered dinosaurs found in Utah. This image was taken from the following website: http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/04/05/dinosaur_narrowweb__300x313,0.jpg

=Page 4- Diet - (ADD INFORMATION and a picture ABOUT THIS SUBTOPIC)= =Page 5- Locomotion (ADD INFORMATION and a picture ABOUT THIS SUBTOPIC)= =Page 6 - Subtopic (ADD INFORMATION and a picture ABOUT THIS SUBTOPIC)= =Page 7 - Subtopic (ADD INFORMATION and a picture ABOUT THIS SUBTOPIC)= =Page 8 - Subtopic (ADD INFORMATION and a picture ABOUT THIS SUBTOPIC)= =Page 9 - Subtopic (ADD INFORMATION and a picture ABOUT THIS SUBTOPIC)= =Page 10 - Subtopic (ADD INFORMATION and a picture ABOUT THIS SUBTOPIC)=

=5. Conclusion: Summarize and paraphrase all your subtopic pages and write your own conclusion. In other words... what did you learn about by doing this research report. Read the following conclusion from a research report about dolphins:=

=Example:= =Page 11 - Conclusion=

In conclusion dolphins are aquatic mammals related to whales. There are are about 40 different kinds of dolphins, all of them measuring between 4 and 30 feet in length. Dolphins are carnivores; their diet consist of fish and squid. By doing this research report, I also learned a few interesting facts about this incredible and friendly creatures. I did not know that they can only have one baby at a time, every two to three years. Dolphins can eat great amounts of food everyday, ranging from 13 to 30 pounds per day! I thought dolphins only lived in the ocean or in salty waters, but when I read more information about them, I found that that dolphins can be found in other sources of fresh water. such as rivers and lakes. Another important fact is that these mammals have a well developed sense of hearing, superior to that of all humans, and their teeth play a very important part in it. Their teeth are arranged in a very peculiar way, serving as some sort of antenna, receiving sound waves to make it easier for them to locate an object. Isn't this amazing? I hope all of you enjoyed reading my electronic research report and learned many new facts about this special water creatures, the dolphins. Till next time.

=6. Bibliography or Works Cited: Prepare a list of all the sources of information and pictures you used in the making of this electronic research report. Click here to see a sample bibliography/works cited.=



[|The Citation Machine or Citation Maker Website]

The last part of a research report is to prepare a list of sources (citations) of information (e.g. books, encyclopedia, web/internet document) called Bibliography or Works Cited.

Examples:

=1. Information taken from a BOOK=

The book you read is __Fishes from the Coral Reef__ by Roger C. Steene. This book was published in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1997.

If you took information from a book, your citation should include the following information:

Author. __Title of the book__. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Roger C. Steene. __Fishes from the Coral Reefs__. Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 1997.

(NOTE: Titles of books are always underlined).
=2. Information taken from a MAGAZINE.=

The magazine you used was __National Geographic__. The article you read was called "Dino Death Pit!' by Elisabeth Deffner. You read pages 73-81. This volume was published in October, 2007.

If you took information from a magazine, your citation should include the following information::

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date: Page(s).
Deffner, Elisabeth. "Dino Death Pit!". __National Geographic__ October 2007: 73-81.

(NOTE: Titles of magaznines are always underlined).
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NOW.... CREATE YOUR CITATIONS

Click on the appropriate link to create your bibliographic citation and fill in the blanks:

1) [|Book] 2) [|Encyclopedia] 3) [|Magazine Article] 4) [|Web/Internet Document]

Copy and paste the citation on your research report.

Put in in alphabetical order.



The simplest way to cite sources in your research report or in any other essay is to use Parenthetical references or Parenthetical documentation.

The author's last name and page number(s) are placed in parentheses in the text to give credit to sources.

For example, in your paper you type/write:

In their Preface, the authors point out that "Learning Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) is like learning any new language, computer or human" (Musciano and Kennedy xi).

In your Bibliography, or on your Works Cited page, you list:

Musciano, Chuck, and Bill Kennedy. HTML and XHTML: The Definitive Guide. 4th ed. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2000.

If you cite another paragraph from the same work, or if the author or authors are clearly indicated in your text, common sense dictates that you only need to add page number(s) for the citation. For example:

Musciano and Kennedy suggest that we should avoid breaking tags across lines in our source document whenever possible to promote readability and reduce potential errors in HTML documents (41).
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