Library Skills: Teagan

Notetaker about an event

L.I. - Note taking using key words only

To make sure that our work is in our own words we use a technique called notetaking and notemaking.

When you have the information open e.g. a book or a website you can only record keywords.

NB - Record the bibliographic information before you start!

Once you have closed the resource you can write it out in sentences.

Go to this link and read the battle of gallipoli information

Fill in keywords ONLY under the headings below:

First, world, war, Gallipoli, war, Turkey

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Event:

A war against Turkey

What it commemorates:

It commemorates the soldiers that died.

Start and end dates:

It started in January-February 1915 ended January 1916

Where the event took place:

It was in Gallipoli.

Who was involved:

New Zealand and Australia, Turkey, India, France

Effects of the event:

2,721 New Zealanders died.

Library Skills: Teagan

How the contents can help

L.I. - Library/Research skills

How to use the contents page to research

The table of contents lists the chapters and other man in parts of the book.  It is helpful because it gives you a general idea about the book so you know which chapters apply to your research.  Below is an example from a book about the moon.

Table of contents Introduction                                                                                                                                                       1 Chapter 1      The size of the moon in relation to the earth                                                            5 Chapter 2      How the moon influences Earth’s tides                                                                      17 Chapter 3      Full, half, and quarter moons                                                                                          31 Chapter 4      The lunar landscape: craters, mountain ranges, plains and faults               45 Chapter 5      The maria of the moon                                                                                                       57 Chapter 6      Theories about the origins of the moon                                                                    69 Chapter 7       Lunar geology                                                                                                                      77 Chapter 8       The moon and the age of the telescope                                                                  89 Chapter 9       Spacecraft and their impact on our knowledge of the moon                  103 Chapter 10     The Apollo programme                                                                                                  119 Index                                                                                                                                                                   135

Before you start highlight 4 words you don’t know and look them up in the dictionary.

Answer these questions from the contents page above:

Which two chapters will have the most information about human beings travelling to the moon? Chapter 10 and chapter 9

Which three chapters will tell you about aspects of the moon in relation to the earth?Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 6

Which chapter will tell you the most about the Earth’s tides?Chapter 1