History 6th, 7th, and 8th: 6th Grade Projects

When you want to know whether or not a resource will be useful to you, remember to think like A-CRAB. Consider the following qualities:

• A uthority (Who is the author of the content (not the webmaster)? What organization or institution published the content?)
• C urrency (Do you see a copyright date that is current? Are the links up to date or broken?)
• R elevance (Is the content relevant to the website and what you're researching?)
• A ccuracy (What is the purpose of the website and web page you wish to use information from? Are the sources credited?
• B ias (Is the information presented bias or opinion?) 

6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing

1. Reread the original passage until you understand its full meaning.
2. Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card.
3. Jot down a few words below your paraphrase to remind you later how you envision using this material. At the top of the note card, write a key word or phrase to indicate the subject of your paraphrase.
4. Check your rendition with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form.
5. Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phraseology you have borrowed exactly from the source.
6. Record the source (including the page) on your note card so that you can credit it easily if you decide to incorporate the material into your paper.

From Purdue Online Writing Lab 

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/paraphrase_exercises/index.html