This book offers educators an instructional tool for teaching essential research skills to middle school students. Moving beyond the typical theoretical approach, the book provides a broad range of strategies and learning activities that teach young learners how to master the process. The 14 chapters are as follows: (1) "Teaching Research in a Middle School: May You Live in Exciting Times"; (2) "Becoming a Reflective Practitioner: Change is the Only Constant"; (3) "Performing a Presearch: Build on a Solid Foundation"; (4) "Generating Questions: A Sense of Wonder"; (5) "Planning: It's Really Great to Metacogitate"; (6) "Managing Time: Everybody's Problem"; (7) "Searching for Information: Location, Location, Location"; (8) "Evaluating Sources: Thinking Critically"; (9) "Notetaking: No More Copying"; (10) "Reading for Information: Making Meaning"; (11) "Thinking Skills: Constructing Knowledge"; (12) "Information in Visual Formats: The Eyes Have It"; (13) "Creating a Quality Product: An End to Mediocrity"; and (14) "Assessing Process and Product: The Research Assignment Starts Here." An appendix presents sentences to summarize. (SM)