“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” ~Albert Einstein
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” ~Albert Einstein
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KHS library CLOSED next SY 2021-22. Librarian reassigned to MATH- no experience needed! :-0
Researching doesn't have to be exhausting.
Researching doesn't have to be exhausting.
Pick topics that INTERESTS you.
Start EARLY & KEEP working on it.
CONFIRM sources & evidence is legit!
KEEP organized & CITE your sources!
SUMMARIZE others' work-- unless you're "quoting" them directly.
Weave evidence together to MAKE SENSE.
USE Writing Process checks & format.
"Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts that retell, analyze, or interpret events, usually at a distance of time or place." —Library of Congress
KNOW BETTER!
Research Links & e-book NON-fiction Sources
Go back in time! TONS of keyword searchable HISTORICAL Digital COLLECTIONS [e-journals, e-books, websites+].
Go back in time! TONS of keyword searchable HISTORICAL Digital COLLECTIONS [e-journals, e-books, websites+].
Just select a database, then enter your search terms or refine your search using their provided 'limiters'.
Just select a database, then enter your search terms or refine your search using their provided 'limiters'.
For example, using Chronicling America through historic newspapers database, you can search for topics or even your ancestors, reading up on some of their 'newsworthy' activities.
The Maps database has ones from as early as 1000 AD, showing what people thought of their world.
Interestingly, a 1584 map done by cartographer Abraham Ortelius shows Antarctica covering the entire south pole with many named places globally. Are those our Hawaiian islands referred to as "Los Bolcanes"? Try looking for Japan!
What did Japanese internment look like Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
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Lead provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, ebooks, newspapers, primary source documents & more!
Use Limiters on LEFT side bars to help 'narrow' your searches
APP available!
APP available!
This is a guest post by California student Aaron Zhang. You can read more about the research guide referenced here in this blog post.
Using the Library of Congress Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students has numerous great resources, spanning a multitude of topics. I am a junior in high school, and I was given the opportunity to review the Guide in its drafting. In doing so, I discovered how it could be used for every step of the process in researching any topic. Its organization and design make it helpful in any research, and it was easily applicable to my own work.
Free community-curated open access, peer-reviewed journals!
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"Media resources are provided by more than 560+ top educational content providers"
INFOBASE FREE TRIAL through March 2022
Click the above link & use this information:
Username: hawaii2022
Password: hawaii2022
Scope of Topics Include:
American History
Issues & Controversies in History
Modern World History
Science Online
Today's Science
World News Digest
Writer's Reference Center
Our print collection IS dated, yet for topics where currency is not important -- we may have what you need! :-)
Limited e-books were also purchased [search e-books] + SORA ebooks--->
Search NON-fiction titles!
Schools can now connect automatically to HSPLS OverDrive collection w/o a public library card!
Login to SORA, enter your school ID# (students & staff).
Over 60,000 free eBooks including NON-fiction!
For fun, investigate the 1885 book entitled, One Hundred Proofs that the Earth is Not a Globe aka "flat earth"! Fact or Fiction? You decide!
Look at one hundred and fifty parlor tricks and games (1905)!
Provides links to primary & secondary sources, instruction on how to cite sources, format papers, search strategies, and more!
Historical literature from 1632-- (or possibly even earlier-- since 3000 lack dates!) awaits your discovery!
e-RESEARCH Links
e-RESEARCH Links
TEST your Research Savviness
Looking for quick, on the fly citations?
Looking for quick, on the fly citations?
Most of our school's fee-based (paid for) e-sources provide citations. Other times you'll need to craft your own. Here are some FREE resources!
BibMe Bibliography & Citation Maker
Citation Machine Easy to use!
EasyBib Citation maker w/ citation guides.
Zotero "Open-source reference management tool designed to help manage bibliographic data & related research materials; inc. web browser & word processor integration.." Wow!
Bibliography Creation w/ samples
Other Helpful Resources
Are you Plagiarizing? Know what the 'rules' are for using other people's words & works! Use this FREE Plagiarism Checker.
Look up webpage domain owner information HERE.
More FREE Online e-Resources
More FREE Online e-Resources
UPDATE & change for KHS
KHS Library & Resources Page. Look here to see a comparison between MLA & APA formats, as well as other KHS Library resources!
PDF with a side-by-side comparison of APA, MLA, and CMS styles
Library of Congress (LoC) Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students
Provides links to primary & secondary sources, and information on citing sources, formatting papers, strategies for searching, and types of sources.
Science & Exploration
Science & Exploration
Just as in the popular book/movie, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, find out what "#42" answers by learning about Space Station Expedition's experiments!
If you are using the internet for research, it is especially important to evaluate the accuracy and authority of the information you find there. Search engines, like Google, find web sites of all levels of 'quality'. Keep these things in mind when deciding if a web page is reliable and appropriate for your research:
authority/credibility
accuracy/verifiability
bias/objectivity
currency/timeliness
scope/depth
intended audience/purpose
Always check with your instructor to find out if you can use free (non-Library) web sites for your assignments. And if looking for journal articles, library databases are the most efficient tool for searching.
Go to our KHS Website by clicking HERE
Go to our KHS Website by clicking HERE
Quotes by "reseachers"
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
― Albert Einstein
"FACT-Checked NOT! Oops
Take a look at some of the 'after-the-fact' blunders now getting EXPOSED....
Court filing: Facebook admits its “fact checkers” don’t check facts!
CRAAP Test to Evaluate Sources (2 mins) Simple
CRAAP Test to Evaluate Sources (2 mins) Simple
CRAAP Test w/ Wikipedia analysis (8 mins) showing Republican Party & reliability of mainstream publishers [Use post 2020?]
CRAAP Test w/ Wikipedia analysis (8 mins) showing Republican Party & reliability of mainstream publishers [Use post 2020?]
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