Plagiarism in a research project can lead to dismissal from a college. Plagiarism at work can lead to dismissal from your job. So how do you make sure you are not plagiarizing? The key is organized research. Organized research starts with a close reading of the source. Researchers take good notes and organize them so that they are useful.Each lesson includes activities and resources selected to help students learn, practice, and apply research skills. Students will learn how to take good notes, practice organizing information, and apply strategies for organizing and outlining information.

Knowing how to identify accurate, reliable, quality information can help you make the best decision and create the best product or project. Knowing how to select the best information will save you time and might save you money.Each lesson includes activities and resources selected to help students learn, practice, and apply research skills. Students will learn how to evaluate information, practice selecting information to support a research topic or answer research questions, and apply effective strategies for selecting information to support research.

Students will apply effective strategies for evaluating and selecting information to support research.

Students will learn how to evaluate information they find on the internet and within databases. 

Students will practice selecting information to support a research topic or answer research questions.

You have found your sources. You have taken good notes and organized your information. You have an idea you want to share. The next step is polishing it up for others to see. You will need to choose the best way to share your new knowledge with your audience. Remember to give credit to the original author of any work - music, video, writing, or even a game.Each lesson includes activities and resources selected to help students learn, practice, and apply research skills. Students learn how to develop a thesis statement and use citations, practice developing a topic with reason and evidence, and apply strategies and tools to produce, publish, and share research.

This lesson helps elementary students identify the important components of web site evaluation. It includes a website evaluation question sheet.

This guide serves as a companion for viewers of the PBS documentary Storm Lake, a film about the struggles of sustaining local journalism and what these newsrooms mean to communities and American democracy overall. The guide has three main components: pre-viewing, during viewing and post-viewing activities.

TRAILS (Tool for the Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) freely available as an open educational resource (OER) at TRAILS-archive.org. The newly established site provides access to downloadable PDFs of assessments, a searchable database of TRAILS assessment questions, and teaching resources contributed by users.

This infographic outlines common types of election disinformation that are likely to circulate on social media during election cycles in the United States. It also includes tools and tips for locating credible information in your state or district.

Students develop their reading, writing, research, and technology skills using graphic novels. As a final activity, students create their own graphic novels using comic software.

This site has the definition of "Infomercial," and includes explanations of the infomercial equivalent in print media and on the internet.

North Carolina-based storyteller Donna Washington tells a scary tale from the Gullah culture about a man and his beautiful wife-who is not what she seems to be. The story explains the Gullah tradition of painting doors and windows blue to keep witches away