Research Help

Research and Writing

In "Research and Writing", you'll learn the skills you need to successfully research and write a paper. Here's what you'll do:

► Brainstorm Ideas for a Topic

► Find Credible Sources Online

► Give and Receive Feedback on a Draft

► Finalize Your Paper and Publish it Online

Google's Applied Digital Skills provides you with a project-based way of learning digital skills for college and continuing education audiences.


Google Scholar

5 smart ways students can use Google Scholar

  1. Search for journal articles. The first thing you need to know about Google Scholar is that it works essentially like a regular ol' search engine — to get the best results, you should be as specific as possible.

  2. Build (and search) libraries

  3. Set up alerts

  4. Read through case law

  5. Get quick citations

To Access EBSCOhost

Go to library's home page at https://www.allencountylibrary.com/

Click EBSCO at bottom of page.

Enter your Patron ID.

That will take you to a page that lists and describes all the EBSCO databases.

BIG SIX IT!!!

  1. What's the problem?

  2. What are the best sources of information?

  3. How can I locate the sources?

  4. How do I extract the information needed? (Determine: Was the sources useful? What did I expect to find in this source?)

  5. How should the information I found be organized to present?

  6. Did I find a solution to the problem or do what was required to answer it?

Citation sites