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Let's Research Online!

Here you will find ways to make the research process easier when online. To ensure that you are using reliable sources when researching online, we have provided various research-based websites for you to explore different topics.

Information About Researching

Watch this to find out what research is and why it is important

Here are some tips to make sure your resources are giving you accurate information

Citation for Beginners

Watch this short video to learn about the 5 essential questions for Media Literacy.

Watch this for tips on how to take down notes while you're researching

Learn How to Write a Research Paper

The Research Process

Brainstorming

Planning

Researching

Writing

Revising

Writing Paragraphs and Plagiarism

How to write a topic sentence

Learn about Plagiarism

Evaluating Resources

Primary vs. Secondary Data

How to Evaluate Resources

Evaluating Resources

The 5 W's of Evaluating a Website

Evaluating a Website

Reliable Research Sites

Kiddle is a visual search engine for kids, offering safe kids web, image, and video search. Results are vetted by editors.

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 19 museums and the National Zoo—shaping the future by preserving heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing our resources with the world

KidRex is a visual child-safe search engine

Britannica Kids is an online encyclopedia packed with well-researched information on a variety of topics

Kid's Search is a Safe Search Engine for children.

Student safe search engine for preschool and elementary students, indexing only educator-approved websites.

Kids can use the games, videos, and other resources to learn about animals, other countries, science, and related topics.

Family-friendly safe search engine for kids

Provides fun activities and games covering subjects such as sports, animals, history, science, geography, jokes, math, and biographies.

Sweet Search is a search engine for kids. It searches only the 35,000 Web sites that our staff of research experts and librarians and teachers have evaluated and approved

Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents

This is a research database for students and teachers

Password: wiseowl19

Reference Sources

Kid friendly dictionary

Thesaurus for kids

Here you can find data on the rising and setting times of the Sun and Moon, the phases of the Moon, the positions of the planets, schedules of high and low tides, and more

Citation Resources and Grmmar