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Research Continuum bob evan reformated.pdfThe NCHS Research Model (see above):
The NCHS Research Model (see above):
An essential element of our instruction and our collaboration with our colleagues is focused on helping students learn the strategies and best practices for conducting research.
Our work with students begins with them in their social studies classes during their freshman year. We visit their classes during their work on a series of assured experiences to introduce them to the research model, the library databases, as well as our print, digital, and audio collections. Each year thereafter we collaborate with the teachers across the school to support instruction and student work on increasingly sophisticated research projects the pinnacle of which are two formal research papers written in the junior year. We help students to focus their research topics,
develop research questions, collect lists of key words for searching, as well as find, vet, and cite sources. We also support their work note-taking, their thesis development and the crafting of their final presentation of their learning.
To facilitate this process for students and for teachers we provide these guides:
Citing sources:
Citing sources:
For years, NCHS Library subscribed to both EasyBib and NoodleTools. Students tended to prefer one, while educators preferred the other. In 2016, with the release of the Modern Language Association's new guidelines (MLA 8), a whole lot of corporate drama at EasyBib/Chegg, and a major NoodleTools upgrade, we shifted our practice. We now ask students to create their citations from scratch following these guidelines.
Single Sign On:
Single Sign On:
Through a partnership between EBSCO Discovery Services (EDS) and OpenAthens, New Canaan Public Schools Google Suite account holders are set up for Single Sign On (SSO) authentication to New Canaan High School's digital collection. If they are signed in to their @ncps-k12.org account, and they conduct a search through the EDS search widget on the high school library home page, they will automatically be signed in to all databases, including the Destiny and all eBook collections.
EBSCO Discovery Service:
EBSCO Discovery Service:
Through EBSCO Discover Service, students can cross-search all NCHS Library's electronic resources (databases, websites, and eBooks) except the following:
- CQ Researcher
- Oxford English Dictionary
- ProQuest
- Roper iPoll
- Social Explorer
- Statista
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