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PYPX Research Guide

What information are you looking for? Consider keywords, questions, alternative phrases etc.

Choose an issue. Write as many questions as you can think of relating to that topic.
Make a mindmap of the issue. This could be either on paper or using an online tool like https://coggle.it/

Create "thick" research questions to develop higher-order thinking skills. Click on the images below to access the resources.

Question Matrix - editable
Download and make a copy of the question matrix to help you develop your research questions.

Books to support the PYPX and taking action. Some are eBooks which can be borrowed by more than one student at a time.

Books, comics and other resources to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the SDG Book Club

Use operators like AND, OR and NOT to narrow down your search results and get more specific information.

Look at the video to remind you how to do this.

Make sure your sources are reliable.

Watch these videos from Brainpop to remind you about searching on the internet

Watch out for Fake News! Follow these tips

Noodletools
Use Noodletools to keep a source card for each of your sources and link to notecards.
NoodleTools Libguide
Click the link to find out everything you need to know about to use Noodletools.

Make sure you use copyright and royalty-free images in your work. Try these sites for good quality images or use Image Quest from Britannica Online.


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