History Day Research Tools

Find a Book - use the North catalog to check what books are available at the North media center or request titles from other schools

Google search - google your topic but KNOW that you cannot necessarily trust what you find.

Use a Database - each database below has been vetted so you will only find reliable information:

Britannica School Encyclopedia - a good starting place to get an overview of your topic. You can select whether you want middle school or high school reading level.
Gale in Context: Middle - a user friendly database that will organize search results into categories like reference, biography, images, videos, primary sources etc.
Gale in Context: High - similar to Gale in Context Middle school but includes more academic and college level sources, slightly more sophisticated.
Umbra - African American History Database
African American Registry - another African American History database
Academic Search Premiere - the 'most sophisticated' of these databases. All sources are considered to be scholarly!

Make Citations - Create a record of where you found your information

BibMe - BibMe is a helpful tool but use it to create your citation but NOT to store your citation. Once you create the citation, copy and paste into your google doc.

Saving - keep everything in ONE PLACE. Google docs and google drive are an excellent site for saving your work so you don't have to search for it later.

Google docs

Webpage - If you are creating a website, here is a link for Weebly

Weebly - do NOT forget to record your username and password in your google doc. If you forget your password you may have to start over.

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