Research & resources

Citing and evaluating sources and databases for research.

Citing Sources

Resources to assist you in citing sources correctly:

Purdue - Online Writing Lab

Provides guidance for MLA formatting and style. A go to resource for writing reference list, in-text citations, and formatting.

MLA Style Guide

Resource to assist with MLA formatting of your papers, reference list, citations and more.

MLA Citation Generator

Resource to assist in creating citations.

Plagiarism.org

Resources to assist students and teachers to identify plagiarism, understand the importance of academic integrity, and prevent plagiarism.

English Projects

United States Research

Biography Research

Social Science

Presidential Trading Card

Connects to all Ebsco school databases available to students and staff.

Recommended databases for Kerr Knights!

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Explora Middle School Resources - Database specifically for middle school students with access to current magazines, biographies, historical information and more. Useful in all classes.

EBSCO-Discovery Service Middle School - Database specifically for middle school students with access. Allows to search a topic with additional topic prompts through a concept map.

Locate all school and district provided databases in your Portal - Library Resources.

When accessing the databases from home use the "Home" option icon for Culture Grams and SIRS Discoverer.

Britannica School

Online encyclopedia also found in your portal.

Culture Grams

Find cultural, geographical and factual information about the world, states and provinces.

Must be logged into the portal to access the links.

If logging in off campus use Culture Grams Home icon in portal or click here.

SIRS Discoverer

Another database with suggestions and resources to narrow research topics from trending topics to famous people and links to non-fiction books by subject matter.