Research Support

Do you have a new research assignment?

Then you're in the right place. Here, we have videos and links to the databases that are provided by the Farber Library to support you in your work.

Gale Databases video support

Discovery Go (All subjects)

Britannica Education (All Subjects)

Source Citation Support

OWL Purdue (great site to verify your in-text and works cited page)

Validating Resources

Tips from Mr. Graveline:

YOU CANNOT CITE EVIDENCE FROM WIKIPEDIA. However, it's not a bad place to start to learn basic information about a topic. Some articles will even have links to legitimate articles that you can use. Again, Use caution to gain a basic understanding, BUT NEVER CITE WIKIPEDIA AS YOUR SOURCE.
GOOGLE SCHOLAR IS ANOTHER SPOT THAT YOU CAN USE IF YOU RUN OUT OF IDEAS. google.scholar.com is the site link, but recognize that many of the articles or abstracts linked will require a subscription, whereas using Gale Databases is already paid for you and you have access to it.
This is the most important tip. RESEARCH IS DIFFICULT AND TAKES TIME. You have to read, validate your sources, analyze what it means, and synthesize all of that information into your project/research assignment. Running into roadblocks isn't a bad thing, it's just part of the process. Keep pushing through and finding new ways of searching.

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