Use these databases to help you find information on all kinds of topics when you are doing research or a project. These databases are provided by MeL. Visit their website for even more resources.
Click on the links below for more information on these topics.
FINDING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION DURING THE 2025 ADMINISTRATION TRANSITION:
This guide will point to resources that identify and track steps taken by the Trump administration and Congress to scale back or eliminate access to federal government information. It also provides links to groups performing data and website rescue.
Research/Academic Databases/Online Encyclopedias
Reference Centers
Contains material from science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. More than 4,000 full text, full-length biographies. Includes: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, the environment, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, and wildlife.
Citations and Report Writing
The OWL site from Purdue is one of the best sources for information on writing reports, avoiding plagiarism, and citing your sources correctly. There is a TON of information which can seem overwhelming to look at, but it is really helpful and informative. Check out the links below for examples.
A few tips:
When you gather information from books, the internet, or other sources, you must give credit by including a citation.
DO NOT copy and paste information or copy word-for-word from a source and include it in your paper. You need to paraphrase the information or rewrite it in your own words, and even then you probably still need to cite the source of your information. If you include a direct quote, you need to put it in quotations and cite it correctly in the body of your paper, and at the end in your bibliography or reference section.
Report Writing:
HERE is a link to the Purdue OWL's General Writing Resources.
HERE is the link to the Purdue OWL's Common Writing Assignments page.
HERE is the link to the Purdue OWL's Academic Writing page.
HERE is the link to Britannica's Ready for Research and How to Write... page.
Avoiding Plagiarism:
HERE is the link to the Purdue OWL's Avoiding Plagiarism page.
HERE is a link to an article from MIT on how to avoid plagiarism with examples of paraphrasing.
Research and Citations:
HERE is the link to the Purdue OWL's Research and Citation page.
Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Quoting: What's the Difference? Why do we cite?
This awesome resource was created by Klaudia Janek, a high school librarian in Detroit.
How Formatting is Cool :
This Sample Paper from Mr. Halterman is a great example of MLA style and some do's and don'ts of paper writing.
"Should I Cite This?" image retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_research/documents/20200617ShouldICiteChart.jpg