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What have you learned about how to plan your research?

The questions on this page are similar to the ones you'll see on the lesson quiz. If you answer any incorrectly, look back through this lesson.

Which is the best definition of a research plan?

  1. a list of sources you can find in your library to use in your research
  2. a list of what information you want to find and where to look for it
  3. a list of key words to type into various search engines 
  4. a list of the steps in the research process

A research plan guides you to find the sources you will need to answer your research question.

A research plan guides you to find the sources you will need to answer your research question.

A research plan guides you to find the sources you will need to answer your research question.

A research plan guides you to find the sources you will need to answer your research question.

Why should you create a research plan?

  1. Research plans help you work more efficiently.
  2. Research plans can be the outline for your research report.
  3. Research plans let you record your sources to document later.
  4. Research plans guide you through the steps of online research.

Starting with a plan will keep you from wasting time looking for the wrong information in the wrong places. 

Starting with a plan will keep you from wasting time looking for the wrong information in the wrong places.

Starting with a plan will keep you from wasting time looking for the wrong information in the wrong places.

Starting with a plan will keep you from wasting time looking for the wrong information in the wrong places.

What method will help you search for a specific phrase using the Internet?

  1. capitalizing each word in the phrase
  2. placing the phrase in a complete sentence
  3. putting the phrase within quotation marks
  4. using multiple search engines

When you put quotation marks around a phrase, the search engine will look for the pages in which the words appear in that exact order.

When you put quotation marks around a phrase, the search engine will look for the pages in which the words appear in that exact order.

When you put quotation marks around a phrase, the search engine will look for the pages in which the words appear in that exact order.

When you put quotation marks around a phrase, the search engine will look for the pages in which the words appear in that exact order.

What are the three most useful tools for conducting your research?

  1. databases, movies, and periodicals
  2. key words, biographies, and podcasts
  3. search engines, the Dewey Decimal System, and reference books
  4. the Internet, a library, and personal interviews

Information you can gather online, from real people, and in the library will help you in your research plan.

Information you can gather online, from real people, and in the library will help you in your research plan.

Information you can gather online, from real people, and in the library will help you in your research plan.

Information you can gather online, from real people, and in the library will help you in your research plan.

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