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This webpage provides resources for research and citations:
This webpage provides resources for research and citations:
Recommended databases for starting research (below)
Links to databases:
 All eResources (databases for all topics and all grade levels),Â
Quick links to recommended databases for general research (below)
Video tutorials for research and citations (below)
Curated collections of resources for school projects are nested under the Research: Special Collections tab at the top of this webpage
Doing Academic Research? Use Databases!
Doing Academic Research? Use Databases!
They Aren't CRAAP
They Aren't CRAAP
Databases contain a variety of information resources that pass the CRAAP test: they are current, relevant, accurate, authored by trustworthy sources, and with a purpose to inform. Â
NOTE: If you don't use databases to find information, you will need to evaluate sources to determine reliability. Use the CRAAP criteria to find out if the source(s) is any good.
They Provide Variety
They Provide Variety
Databases contain thousands of encyclopedia, journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, as well as multimedia, primary sources, and more.Â
Tools = Efficiency
Tools = Efficiency
Databases offer tools to make research more efficient. Look for these common tools: citing sources, sending articles to Google Drive, taking notes, finding related sources, and more.
Getting Started: Recommended Databases
Getting Started: Recommended Databases
Research Tutorials
Research Tutorials
Skim Reading
Skim Reading
Quickly evaluate if this source is worth more time!
Citing & Saving
Citing & Saving
Keep your stuff!
Highlighting and Taking Notes
Highlighting and Taking Notes
Get to the important stuff!
Evaluating Sources Using CRAAP
Evaluating Sources Using CRAAP
Is the info you're finding any good?
Google Smarter!
Google Smarter!
Google Search Tricks from Common Sense Education (video)
Primary and Secondary Sources
Primary and Secondary Sources
Citations & Reference
Citations & Reference
Plagiarism: How to Avoid It
Plagiarism: How to Avoid It
Plagiarism is:
copying and pasting without citing sources, using quotation marks, or paraphrasing
creating fake citations
substituting synonyms for words in a passage that has been copied and pasted
paraphrasing multiple passages from multiple sources without giving proper credit (citation)
Purdue OWL
Purdue OWL
The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides comprehensive writing guides for both APA and MLA. Click here to access Purdue OWL for information on creating in-text citations, reference lists, paper formatting, and more.
Purdue OWL also has resources for creating annotated bibliographies. Click here for more information.
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