Riverside High School Media Center

Destiny

Search for library books and access the ebooks that your library owns. Use your school username and password to access your personal Destiny Discover account and books.

Install the Destiny Discover app (for Apple and Android) to access your library account and ebooks on your device.

Sora

Use your school username and password to access free ebooks and audiobooks.

Download the free app for Apple or Android devices.

Discus

Databases packed with reputable resources on any topic. To access the databases at home, contact Ms. Webb or Mrs. Bush-Noyola for the username and password.

NoodleTools

Make sure to register for an account. See Ms. Webb for log in info.

Use NoodleTools to create accurate citations. NoodleTools helps every step of the way if you have questions about citing your source. Once you have completed all of your source citations, you can easily export them into Google Docs. The Works Cited page will be formatted for you.

Salem Press

Please contact Ms. Webb or Mrs. Bush-Noyola for log in information.

Salem Press is a research database that contains ebook copies of most of our books in our collection.

Request a Book

Is there a specific book that you're looking for, but Riverside High School Media Center doesn't currently have it? Or is there a new book being released soon that you're wanting our library to have when it's available? Please click the link for the to Google Form to put in a request so that we can consider it for our next order. We cannot guarantee that your request will be fulfilled, but we will try our best.

Greenville County Public Library offers many other resources and services. Students must obtain a free library card to gain access. Visit http://www.greenvillelibrary.org/ for more information.

Research Tips & Resources

Stressed about your research paper or project? The library staff is here to help! Our Research Tips & Resources page provides help with accessing databases, conducting academic research, and properly citing sources. Please contact Ms. Webb or Ms. Long with any research questions.

Project & Presentation Tools

The library staff wants to assist you with locating appropriate resources to perfect your project or presentation.

Helpful Research Tips

CRAAP Test

The CRAAP Test (developed by Meriam Library at California State University, Chico) is a helpful resource evaluation tool when conducting research outside of the Media Center or Discus.

The Information Cycle

Understanding how information is created and developed can assist with finding the right resources for your research. This video from Portland State University briefly explains the process.

Fake News

Quick video: How False News Can Spread
Fact Check Websites: AP Fact Check, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, Snopes
Check for media bias

Avoiding Plagiarism

The Purdue OWL Online Writing Lab is a great resource to understand the differences between quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing as well as other tips for avoiding plagiarism.
Don't forget to cite your sources!

CRAAP Test 101: Currency - When was the information published? Relevance - Is the information relevant to your topic? Authority - Is the author qualified to speak this topic? Accuracy - Is the information supported by evidence? Purpose - Is it fact, information, or propaganda?

IFLA - How to spot fake news infographic

Purdue University - "Should I Cite This?": A Visual Guide from the Purdue OWL

Media Bias Chart by Ad Fontes Media

Keyword Search Tips

Online Search Engine (such as Google)

Skip question words such as Why, Who, How, etc. Google ignores them anyway. See a list of words ignored here.
Word Order matters
- - 1. - Google ranks the first word slightly higher than the second, the second slightly more than the third, etc. Example: music math (results are slightly different from the search math music)
  - use quotes to keep terms together “undocumented worker” or “William Taft”
Get better results by adding site:edu or site:org after your search terms
Brainstorm as many different search terms as possible, while you are exploring online, jot down alternative search terms…. For example, human trafficking, forced labor, undocumented workers, etc.

Citation Overview

Citation Styles

There are various types of citation styles that can be used to properly cite your research. The citation style your teacher asks you to use is usually based on the subject they teach. The most common styles you will use in high school are MLA (for the humanities such as English, History, etc) and APA (for science, business, psychology, etc.)

Purdue OWL Online Writing Lab is an excellence resource to get more information about research and citation styles as well as a resource to double-check your citations.

*Some teachers will add their own requirements to these citation styles so make sure you read or listen for special instructions that you should follow.

Citation Generators

Riverside High School has access to NoodleTools to assist students with creating their citations. Make sure to register for an account - see Ms. Webb for log in info. Once you have completed all of your source citations, you can easily export them into Google Docs. The Works Cited page will be formatted for you.

*Please note that citation generators are dependent upon students entering information into the correct places and are not always 100% accurate.

Check for the following frequently made errors:

Incorrect information or omitting information
Misplaced or incorrect punctuation
Formatting (capitalization, font, italics, spacing, indentation, etc.)

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