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Name:<br />

RESEARCH TIPS<br />

Date:<br />

T rapped<br />

Research project<br />

Choose another well-known case of someone or something trapped from the list below, or find one<br />

of your own. Use these tips to help you write a newspaper article about it.<br />

• July 2004, 20 people are trapped 107 metres in the air aboard a hot-air balloon when its winch<br />

failed near Baltimore’s (USA) inner harbour.<br />

• July 2004, 4000 pilgrims are trapped by mudslides while travelling to the holy town of Badrinath,<br />

India.<br />

• November 1999, Seven explorers are trapped in a flooded cave in Southern France.<br />

• September 2001, Alan Mann is trapped along with 24 other people in No. 13 Elevator in the South<br />

tower of the World Trade Centre.<br />

• June 1985, Joe Simpson is trapped high on a mountain, and thought to be dead, in Peru.<br />

Use an encyclopedia, books or the Internet to research the event. Use two or more sources, such<br />

as three different websites, including a newspaper site.<br />

How to use an encyclopedia …<br />

• You can find encyclopedias in the reference sections of<br />

libraries as well as online.<br />

• Most encyclopedias include cross-references at the<br />

end of each article. This means that it lists other places<br />

in the encyclopedia where the event is mentioned.<br />

For example, facts about Kursk might be found under<br />

‘Kursk’, ‘submarine’ and ‘sinking’. Sometimes the crossreference<br />

will not be labelled, but it might be in small<br />

capital letters or italics.<br />

How to look for a book on the subject …<br />

• Using your library’s catalogue, do a title search or a<br />

subject search. Type the keyword ‘trapped’ and the place,<br />

date, person’s name involved in the event.<br />

How to find<br />

information on the<br />

Internet …<br />

• Photographs, maps,<br />

diagrams, charts and<br />

displays always make<br />

research projects more<br />

interesting. Use these visual<br />

aids to print and use with<br />

your report.<br />

Viewing Sample<br />

• If a book is shelved by author, it is a fictional or<br />

biographical book. Most nonfiction books are shelved by<br />

number using the Dewey decimal system. Use nonfiction<br />

or biographical books only.<br />

• Not everything on the<br />

Internet is correct! Be sure<br />

to find the information on<br />

a site that ends with .edu,<br />

.org or .gov. Or find the<br />

same information in three<br />

separate places. Maybe<br />

your school knows of some<br />

websites that may be of<br />

use. Ask your teacher or<br />

librarian for help.<br />

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