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RESEARCH TIPS<br />
Date:<br />
A ttacked<br />
Research project<br />
Choose another well-known case of an attack from the list below, or find one of your own. Use<br />
these tips to help you write a report about an attack.<br />
• August 2004, A rabid otter bites a six-year-old boy while he swims at a public lake in Putnam<br />
County, USA.<br />
• September 2005, A saltwater crocodile attacked Russell Butel, an experienced diver, in Darwin,<br />
Australia<br />
• April 2004, A great white shark attacks Randall Fry, a famous sports fisherman, while he is diving<br />
16 kilometres north of Fort Bragg, USA.<br />
• March 2004, 10 bombs aboard four trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people and wound more than<br />
1400 others.<br />
• July 2005, Terrorists attempt to explode four bombs in London, Britain, following attacks only a<br />
week earlier.<br />
• September 2001, Aboard Flight 93, passengers attack the cockpit door in an attempt to wrestle<br />
the plane from the hijackers’ control.<br />
Use a newspaper or magazine article, books or the Internet to research the event. Use two or more<br />
sources, such as three different websites, including a newspaper site.<br />
How to use newspapers and magazines …<br />
• Sources the author used are often listed at the end of the<br />
article. Find the books or articles to learn more details.<br />
Remember to list all of your sources.<br />
• Take notes about the information, but remember to use<br />
your own words when writing about it. If you use a direct<br />
quote, use quotation marks and state the reference,<br />
including the title, the article and page number where<br />
you found it.<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 ‘attacked’ and the<br />
place, date, person’s name involved in the event.<br />
How to find information on<br />
the 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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