Working With & Evaluating Sources

When conducting research on a topic, the responsibility of selecting true and valuable information lands on you. The image on the left has valuable information that can help you build and strengthen your research. The video below explains how Google Search works, and what are some of the best ways to use Search to get the results that you want.

Inspire is Indiana's online catalog of information. Here you will be able to research and find a plethora of information for free. Most information can be found as full text and cited correctly for you here.

Google Scholar is a great resource to use for academic research. The only downfall that comes with Scholar is that not all of the articles are free. Many are available for download, it is also easily cited.

Internet Public Library allows you to search by subject in newspapers or magazines. Look for sources especially in Teens.

Click on "Directory" to narrow your search!

​Hundreds of newspaper articles that date back to the 1800's