8th SS: Equal Protection Laws

Research Tips

When searching within the Gale databases:

• • Use “search within” (and other options in Filter Your Results) to limit the scope of your searches

  • Skip "Academic" content types

  • Copy the citation before you take notes

  • Save useful articles to your Google Drive, so you can refer back to them later

  • Use quotation marks (" ") to search exact phrases;
    use an asterisk (*) at the end of a word to search forms of that word;
    use ctrl-f to search for keywords within your article

  • Don't forget about ctrl-f!  (This can be used in ANY webpage or document!)

Format a Bibliography

in Google Docs

Either do the following before starting your bibliography or highlight the entire text of your bibliography to get started.

1. Go to “Format” in the menu 

2. Select “align & indent” 

3. Choose “indentation options”

4. Select “hanging” from the "special indent" dropdown menu (leave at .5)

5. Leave left & right indent at 0