Useful Links

Local Library Sources

Mount Hebron High School Media Center 

https://hcpss.me/ 

Search for books - click on PAC

Search the databases - click on MackinVia --  Gale and SIRS have useful resources!

Howard County Public Library

Search for books - http://www.hclibrary.org

Research tools and Databases - https://www.hclibrary.org/research/ 

The HC Library also has great online resources and databases that can be accessed using the bar code from your library card to search the databases. The online tools link will take you to their online databases.

Maryland’s Public Information Network

http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/

Online databases and access to libraries across the state.

Peer-Reviewed Journals and Scholarly Search Engines

Scholarly Journals - 

Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.com

• Find abstracts and the occasional full article on your topic.

Directory of Open Access Journals - http://www.doaj.org

• Over 300,000 articles from scholarly journals.

JSTOR - https://www.jstor.org/ 

• One of the largest databases for scholarly journals; students can create an account and access up to 100 articles for free!

ResearchGate - https://www.researchgate.net/search 

• Shared research publication site.

SSRN - https://www.ssrn.com/ssrn/ 

• An open-access online platform for sharing early-stage academic studies

EBSCO is available for AP Seminar and AP Research students through the Digital Portfolio.

Social Science Research Network 

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/DisplayJournalBrowse.cfm

• The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is a collection of papers from the social sciences community. It is a highly interdisciplinary platform used to search for scholarly articles related to 67 social science topics. SSRN has a variety of research networks for the various topics available through the free scholarly database.

• The site offers more than 700,000 abstracts and more than 600,000 full-text papers. There is not yet a specific option to search for only full-text articles, but, because most of the papers on the site are free access, it's not often that you encounter a paywall. There is currently no option to search for only peer-reviewed articles.

Pubmed and PubHealth

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/

You can search for journal article citations and abstracts related to medical topics.  There are some articles with links to full-text articles available at no charge. Type AND free full text[sb] at the end of your search to limit to free full-text articles.

Scholarly Research Tools

Elicit* - AI research agent that allows you to search for and synthesize studies on a topic

https://elicit.com/ 

Scispace* - AI research agent to collect literature reviews and papers

https://scispace.com/ 

Research Rabbit* - AI research agent to collect literature reviews and citations

https://www.researchrabbit.ai/ 

*Students should follow classroom policies related to use of AI in research.

STEM and Government Publications

arXiv

http://arxiv.org/

arXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for nearly 2.4 million scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Materials on this site are not peer-reviewed by arXiv.

AGRIS - Best for: Agriculture, food science, sustainability, environmental science, animal science, and nutrition.

https://agris.fao.org/agris-search 

AGRIS is an international database focused on agricultural science and technology. It is particularly useful for research involving food systems, agriculture, sustainability, climate, soil, livestock, nutrition, and environmental issues.

Science Open 

https://www.scienceopen.com/

ScienceOpen provides researchers with a wide range of tools to support their research – all for free. Here is a short checklist to make sure you are getting the most of the technological infrastructure and content. What can a researcher do on ScienceOpen?

• Multi-dimensional search in millions of article records for quick orientation: Filter your search by 18 filters including open access, preprint, author, affiliation, keyword, content type, source, and more. Sort your results by Altmetric score, citations, date, usage, and rating. Use the article Collections by other researchers to help narrow your search.

• Export search results in EndNote, BibTex, and Reference Manager (RIS) formats for easy integration with other reference management systems. Up to 200 citations exported at a time.

• Save your search to find the newest articles in your field with one click. ScienceOpen is adding thousands of articles to the database daily.

Elsevier's Science Direct 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/

TCGA (The Cancer Genome Atlas Program)

https://www.cancer.gov/ccg/research/genome-sequencing/tcga 

A publicly available dataset of scholarly medical information on cancer

The cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics 

https://www.cbioportal.org/

An open-access software for exploring, visualizing, and analyzing cancer genomics data

The Human Protein Atlas

https://www.proteinatlas.org/

An open-access online resource with interactive diagrams of all human proteins in cells, tissues, and organs

Nature

https://www.nature.com/ 

One of the most ELITE, FANCY, SOPHISTICATED, RESPECTED academic journals around

Government Science Publications

https://www.science.gov/ 

http://ntrs.nasa.gov

http://www.osti.gov/bridge

http://www.dtic.mil

http://OSTI.gov 

Online Courses, Lectures, Etc.

MIT Open Courseware

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

Free courses on a variety of subjects.

Academic Earth

http://academicearth.org

Browse lectures at schools such as Harvard, Stanford, and Yale; post questions/comments.

Open Culture

http://www.openculture.com

Free audiobooks, language lessons, academic podcasts, classes, and videos.

HC Online Classes

https://www.hclibrary.org/virtual-classes/

Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org/

Free resources in all subject areas.  Videos and other materials.  Also links to outside content from partners like MIT.

WolframAlpha

https://www.wolframalpha.com/

Type in a question and it will provide expert-level answers.

General Useful Sites

Google Books

http://books.google.com

Find full books, or link to local libraries that have the books available.  If you have a current HoCo library card, you can ask them to order you books that are at other county libraries.

Wikipedia

http://www.wikipedia.com

Use it as a starting point to find information and then follow the links to the original sources.  Do not cite directly from Wikipedia, as it is socially edited.

Futurity

http://futurity.org

An online news source featuring the latest discoveries from North America's leading research universities.  Scholarly articles on earth and the environment, health and medicine, science and design, and society and culture.

Multimedia Sources

Be sure to look for scholarly videos.  Google Video will search a variety of video sites, including YouTube.  Documentaries, high-level series on streaming sources, TedTalks - all are good Multimedia options to explore!

      YouTube EDU - https://www.youtube.com/education – academic videos from over 300 colleges and universities

TED Talks: http://www.ted.com/ - Talks on a variety of topics from professionals around the world.

PBS LearningMedia: pbslearningmedia.org/toolsandresources

BioRender 

https://www.biorender.com/  

A scientific figure creation software

Podcasts

Look for podcasts on any subject from reputable sources.

Human Sources

See the handout for locating human sources (2nd quarter).  Interviews, emails, and other forms of personal communication that yield information which aides your research are all sources.

News Sites -

Google Custom Search– 

https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=000684568398379081761:otjrs4adx1g 

A search of major news sites can yield excellent articles.  

ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/ 

A news site clearinghouse devoted to neutral reporting.

Other Digital Tools

Online Tools to Assist with Citing Sources:

Noodle Tools (available in MackinVia)

Creates citations for you in MLA or APA.  You can log in from school through the Databases or from home using the login information in your agenda book.

Purdue University:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ and click “Research and Citation”

Duke University:

http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/

Bookmarking and Saving Research

Zotero

http://zotero.com

URL Shortening Tools (to assist with shortening long URLs for citations)

Tiny URL

http://www.tiny.cc/

Bitly

https://bitly.com/

Google

https://goo.gl/

Creating Websites:

Google Sites - http://sites.google.com/

Weebly - http://www.weebly.com

Forms

http://docs.google.com – Choose “Create New” and “Form”

Want to make a survey that people can complete online?  How about adding an evaluation page to your website?  Use Google Forms.