The Seven Steps of the Research Process Walden Pond State Reservation MA Found my topic while on vacation View of Walden Pond Walden Pond State Reservation Concord Massachusetts 2012 Personal photograph by author JPEG file ID: 514933
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#1 Identify and Develop Your Topic
The Seven Steps of the Research ProcessSlide2
Walden Pond State Reservation, MA
Found my topic while on vacation
View of Walden Pond, Walden Pond State Reservation, Concord,
Massachusetts
. 2012. Personal photograph by author. JPEG file.Slide3
Waterless Toilet
Energy-related topic?
Poopin
’ Around Town
. 2007. Photograph. Walden Pond toilet. Web.
18
July 2012.Slide4
Think of your topic in the form of questionsSlide5
State your topic as a question
How
do waterless
toilets work
&how
are they odorless?Slide6
#2 Find Background Information
The Seven Steps of the Research ProcessSlide7
Background Info
Sign in the bathroom at Walden Pond
Watt Now
. 2011. Photograph. Recycling.
Clivus
New England. Web. 18
July 2012
. Slide8
EncyclopediasSlide9
#3 Use Catalogs to find Books and Media (like DVDs)
The Seven Steps of the Research ProcessSlide10
Use Catalogs like Carnegie Library to find Books
and
MediaSlide11
#4 Use Indexes to Find Periodical Articles
The Seven Steps of the Research ProcessSlide12
Use Indexes to find periodical articles
What
does this mean
?
Magazine
& journal & newspaper articles
find them in
RESEARCH
DATABASES
Academic OneFile
GreenFile
Trees at Walden Pond, Walden Pond State Reservation,
Concord, Massachusetts. 2012. Personal photograph by author. JPEG file.Slide13
recycle human waste
plumbing
sewage disposal
water conservation
TOILET
composting toilet
wastewater treatment system
urinal
w
aterless latrine
biological decomposition
sanitation
futurist toiletsSlide14
#5 Find Internet Resources
The Seven Steps of the Research ProcessSlide15
Internet Resources
Search box: How do waterless toilets work?
Watt
Now
blog
Composting toilet blogSlide16
# 6 Evaluate What You Find
The Seven Steps of the Research Process
Would
you
wear
this
dress?
Would
you
use
that
website?
Mannequin at
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston. 2012. Personal
photograph
by author. JPEG file. Slide17
MLA
format
# 7 Cite what you find using a standard format
The Seven Steps of the Research ProcessSlide18
Works Cited
Mannequin at Faneuil Hall Marketplace,
Boston. 2012. Personal
photograph
by author. JPEG file. Poopin
’ Around Town
. 2007. Photograph. Walden Pond toilet. Web.
18 July 2012.
Trees at Walden Pond, Walden Pond State
Reservation
, Concord,
Massachusetts
.
2012. Personal
photograph by author. JPEG file.
View of Walden Pond, Walden Pond
State Reservation
, Concord,
Massachusetts
.
2012. Personal
photograph by author. JPEG file.
Watt Now
. 2011. Photograph. Recycling.
Clivus
New England. Web. 18 July
2012.