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
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.
Databases contain thousands of encyclopedia, journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, as well as multimedia, primary sources, and more.Â
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.
Quickly evaluate if this source is worth more time!
Keep your stuff!
Get to the important stuff!
Is the info you're finding any good?
Google Search Tricks from Common Sense Education (video)
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)
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.