Embedded Files
PebbleGo A Research Database for K+
World Book encyclopedia, a source for general information on a wide range of topics.
EBSCO Explora is a collection of reference and research information for students and educators focusing starting in elementary.
Gale In Context, Global Issues authoritative content to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world.
EBSCO Biography Reference Center Biography Reference Center provides thousands of unique and reliable full-text biographies, including the complete full text of Biography and Biography Today. In addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject occupation, activity, nationality, gender, birthplace and more.
ProQuest's U.S. West Newsstream includes access to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
EBSCO Middle Search Plus 140+ magazines. Thousands of biographies, historical essays, primary source documents, and photos, maps, and flags.
EBSCO Nonfiction Middle School Book Collections is designed for middle school students, containing thousands of popular nonfiction books. It includes titles on careers, health, technology, science, history, civics and more.
Novelist K-8 (EBSCO) helps younger readers find the books they want to read by author, title, series, theme or topic.
Public & Open Educational Resources (OER)*
Public & Open Educational Resources (OER)*
* "Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others."
Source: Open Educational Resources | UNESCO.” Www.unesco.org, www.unesco.org/en/communication-information/open-solutions/open-educational-resources.
"a collection of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute"
"Pixabay is a vibrant community of creatives, sharing copyright free images, videos and music."
WorldCat connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
SIFT
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Resources to support your SIFT-ing (get it? ;-)
Investigate- Use the following tools to investigate your source:
Wikipedia- Normally not a good source for research but great for looking up possible biases of sources.
Google- Search the author or organization you want to learn more about. Never trust a source's description of itself! See what others have to say about it.
Media Bias/Fact Check- A good place to look to find out the biases of various media outlets, including political affiliations.
Find Better Coverage
Seek sources that are reviewed for accuracy, like published books, databases, encyclopedias, trusted news organizations, etc.
Trace the Information to the Original Source
Follow any links and sources cited to trace the information.
Do a reverse image search of questionable images.
Use fact-checking sites:
Snopes- Conducts extensive fact-checking research on popular topics
Factcheck.org- checking statements made by politicians.
Politifact- checking statements made by elected officials, candidates, lobbyists, and specific interest groups.
Origin: Who wrote/published this piece? Is there evidence that they are qualified to discuss this topic?
Purpose: Imagine yourself in the author's shoes. What was the author's purpose for writing/sharing this piece?
Value: How was this piece useful to you? Did it help your knowledge, learning, or understanding of the topic? Does it offer one side/perspective on an idea or controversy?
Limit: How might this piece be limited or incomplete in its coverage of the topic? What might be missing? What does the author leave out?
Examples of media to play with:
Examples of media to play with:
(Investigate the reliability of authors or organizations who published the following articles.)
8th Grade Capstone Resources
8th Grade Capstone Resources
Besides the resources above and on the main Middle School Page, below you will find some Capstone specific resources. Our library site has many excellent sources of information, including the list of all of our databases linked on the Upper Campus page.
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