Research

Finding information:

Clever

Use this link to log into Clever and access CCSD-curated resources. Here you can quickly and easily gain access to Brittanica School, PebbleGO, Explora, GALELIO, the New Georgia Encyclopedia, and ProQuest SIRS, among others.

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, films and video, audio recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library preserves and provides access to a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge to inform, inspire and engage you in your intellectual and creative endeavors.

Smithsonian

Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 4.5 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 21 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

Digital Public Library of America

Digital Public Library of America is a free, national digital library that provides a single point of access to cultural heritage materials from more than 4,000 libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Search more than 37 million images, videos, texts, and sounds.

The Learning Network

The Learning Network is The New York Times's award-winning curricular tool offering Activities for Students and Resources for Teachers. This curricular tool provides dynamic content and activities.

Google Search Tricks

Google can be a great starting point for any research project. But if you're looking for more refined, credible, and useful information you've gotta get familiar with Google's "search operators" -- basically ways to target your search. This video covers the four most essential search operators and provides examples for how they can help narrow down your results to sources that'll be most helpful.

Organizing Information:

ZoteroBib

ZoteroBib helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software. It’s brought to you by the team behind Zotero, the powerful open-source research tool recommended by thousands of universities worldwide, so you can trust it to help you seamlessly add sources and produce perfect bibliographies.

Google Keep

Google Keep allows users to record plain-text notes and organize, edit, or share them with others using a suite of collaboration tools. You can also use Google Keep to create voice notes, or set time- and location-based reminders.

Google Jamboard

Jamboard is a digital interactive whiteboard where students can drop pictures, add sticky notes, and brainstorm big ideas and layouts.

Google Docs

Google docs is a free, online word-processing app that allows you to take notes, create documents, and share with collaborators.

Evaluating Information:

5 Essential Media Literacy Questions for Kids

All media comes with an author, and an agenda. Ask these five questions to think critically about any media you view with a critical lens to dig below the surface.

Who created this message?
Why was the message made?
Who paid for it?
How is it trying to get my attention?
Who is represented?

Reading News Online

Kids find online news in lots of different ways. But studies show they're not very good at interpreting what they see. How can we help them get better? One way to start is by teaching your students about how online news articles are structured.