Learning from Home: Resources
Hello dear students,
If and when you find yourself working and studying away from school, this site provides some resources to help you be successful as you learn from home.
Most important links that apply directly to your course work will be supplied by your classroom teacher through Edsby. This site offers many links to research sites and other resources that can help you complete course work. Many websites that were previously restricted to paid subscriptions are offering free access. Take advantage of one of the few good things about this pandemic.
with love, in strange times,
T. Van Ankum
Description
JSTOR is a digital library for scholars, researchers and students. This excellent database provides access to millions of academic journal articles, books and primary resources. It is a go-to database for university students. If you are completing ISU research (say for Cha Cha or Law) this is a great resource for you. Woodland doesn't have access to all of this excellent content, but it does have some free content.
Region of Waterloo Library's complete suite of e resources, including databases, e books, and more.
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Curio is a streaming platform, usually paid, but now made available. You can access thousands of programs, documentaries, audio and archival material from the CBC archives.
Woodland has a school wide license for Google Read and Write. It can be a helpful resource for all students.
E-learning Ontario has provided links to some courses, with more to come. These are not offered for credit, but to review important ideas and learning goals.
Audible has made many stories free to stream on your phone, laptop of home computer.
Instructions
To access some of the content (not all is unlocked), click the link.
You will need to create an account.
Go to the membership page to sign up for an e-card. Use your name, including (Woodland) behind your last name. Use Woodland's address (1058 Spitzig Road, Breslau, N0B 1M0). Give them an email address and create a pin number (last four digits of your phone number work well. They will email you a library card number and you can log in using it. Then, search away!
Click and search. it is often helpful to search "Articles" rather than "Journals".
Make an account and search away!
Click and search.
Click this link for instructions on how to access the program.
Note: you must be logged into your Woodland email to access it.
Click and search for your course. Again, not all are available.
Explore the collection, select a title and start listening.
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Ontario Government
English
Helpful resources for writing & documenting your sources.
FIRST: Digital Citizenship
Finding legitimate sources
1. Don't begin your research with a google search! There are better options when you are looking for scholarly sources.
2. Watch this video: https://vimeo.com/65600782 that explains the difference between Google and Google Scholar.
3. Go to Directory of Open Access journals (https://doaj.org/) to find peer reviewed, scholarly sources.
4. Make an account with JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/). This allows you 5 free articles a month.
The WDRSB Library Commons provides a clear explanation here, as well as links to copyright-friendly resources like images, music, and video.
Also search
for billions of copyright-free resources.
How to avoid plagiarism, and much more. (Includes plagiarism checker--that part's NOT free.)
University of Toronto provides information on why it's important, and guidelines to determine when your information is 'common knowledge' and when you must cite it: http://bit.ly/2hdK0rc
Documentation
Individual teachers may have particular preferences for styles of citation, but here is a concise explanation and the generally acceptable format in most classes at WCHS:
an overview of the mechanics of creating a 'Works Cited' page in MLA8 style
KnightCite: Enter your information and this app will generate a correctly-formatted citation (which you can then cut & paste). From Calvin College. This generator requires knowledge of the elements of a citation.
Warning: these tools are handy, but do not require knowledge of the parts of a citation required by academia (universities, etc.).
EasyBib: An easy way to generate citations in MLA, APA or Chicago format [minimal knowledge of parts of citation required; [caveat: in university, this knowledge is required].
bibme: This free bibliography maker will auto-fill. It’s an easy way to generate citations to build a works cited page [caveat: in university, this knowledge is required]
Created and managed by Canadian educators. Very extensive guides on topics like 'How to Write a Research Paper' or 'Sample Footnotes' or 'Presentation Tips for Public Speaking.'
Extensive and very well organized information on how to do research online, how to evaluate it, and how to use & document sources. Includes guidelines on all kinds of writing, including creative writing, research papers and resumes.
A tutorial guide to finding, evaluating and using information on the web from University of California Berkeley Library.
University of Waterloo's guide to evaluating information sources (digital or print) using the RADAR test.
Auto-generators: note warnings
Research & Writing
