Research Tips

planning your research paper

not sure where to start?

Click HERE to access a Research Paper Outline. This will help you plan your essay.

Click HERE to access a Research Planner Google Doc

(It will prompt you to make a copy to add to your Google Drive)

Click HERE to read about outlining your research paper.

Finding & evaluating resources

find information USing DESTINY DISCOVER

Did you know that you can access reliable web resources via Destiny Discover? When you use the search bar in Destiny, a list of Books will pop up. If you look at the Menu bar, you will notice the words, "Books," "Collections," and "Websites." The "Websites" tab will give you a list of pre-evaluated sources to use for your research.

find info using ncedcloud

Log in to your NCEdCloud Account to access databases and other scholary resources.

Using Search Terms Effectively

Check out the article below about using effective search terms:

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE ARTICLE

evaluating online resources

https://www.smu.ca/academics/evaluating-internet-resources.html

is my source credible?

https://libraryguides.stolaf.edu/ld.php?content_id=55039063

is it fake news?

https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/Fake-News-WorksheetProQuest.pdf

works cited

citation generators

You can use a variety of websites to help you format your citations correctly. Click HERE for a comprehensive list of citation generator sites.

My favorite to use is Citation Machine, found HERE - https://www.citationmachine.net

OSLIS has a good one as well - https://secondary.oslis.org/cite-sources/mla-secondary-citation

Google Docs - iPad

Formatting your Works Cited on an iPad can be tricky. Click HERE for instructions on formatting in the Google Docs app.

Google Docs - Computer

If you are using a desktop computer, you can use the Citations Tool in Google Docs. Click HERE for a tutorial.

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