Research Resources
This Research Information Online Tutorial guides you through the most important points of the research process. It provides excellent information and tips. Click on the link below.
Rutgers RIOT (Research Information Online Tutorial)
Brainstorm for Topics
Use the resources listed below to begin exploring and focusing your topic. As you get ideas, write them on the Topic Brainstorming Organizer.
These tools will help you focus on your topic but later when you’re looking for reliable information for your paper, you will have to switch to authoritative sources as the ones listed at the bottom of this page and other school databases.
As you explore your topic, also explore new tools and search strategies. Refer to your Google search strategies handout in the Handouts box on the left of this pathfinder.
A search engine that links students to evaluated web sites. Checkboxes next to results enable you to bookmark links, share to social networks, or add to a Google Doc.
Be sure to use the References and External Links sections at the bottom of Wikipedia articles for additional background resources.
A complete eResource management system providing easy access to eBooks and educational databases
This is the go-to site for research. With every search topic producing a wide variety of trusted, multi-media sources, use Britannica School to build essential information literacy skills.
You can find educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12, together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, math, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music.
This site offers a variety of resources for education, lifelong learning, and academic research. Whether you are looking for peer-reviewed articles; full-text magazines, newspapers, and eBooks; primary source documents; and videos or podcasts, Gale puts the right vetted content and tools at your fingertips!
A multidisciplinary database for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.