Embedded Files
Library databases
Library databases
Step #1: Use Reviewed Sources for Encyclopedia entries from BRITANNICA and articles and eBooks from EBSCO in WakeID.
Step #1: Use Reviewed Sources for Encyclopedia entries from BRITANNICA and articles and eBooks from EBSCO in WakeID.
Step #2: Search using the words you would find in the ideal article.
Step #2: Search using the words you would find in the ideal article.
(example could be: "danger tornadoes" or if that is too specific, "tornado")
Step #3: Read through the article to see if it answers your research questions. Click through hyperlinks if needed!
Step #3: Read through the article to see if it answers your research questions. Click through hyperlinks if needed!
Step #4: Organize your search, if you like it, save it!
Step #4: Organize your search, if you like it, save it!
Each time you find a good source, look for the place on the page to get the MLA Citation. It usually has a checkmark or quotation marks for an icon. Cut and paste that citation into a document to organize all your sources. All of our library resources in Britannica and EBSCO have this button, even the images and videos!
Use the link in your citation to get back to the file anytime, but you may have to be logged into WakeID to do that.
Tools for Britannica
Tools for Britannica
Change Levels
Cite - just cut and paste!
Open all Sections to see all text
CTRL F to find specific text
Tools for EBSCO
Tools for EBSCO
Cite looks like Quotation Marks " click and just cut and paste!
Sample Citation
Sample Citation
Mary B. Woods, and Michael Woods. Blizzards. Lerner Publications, 2008. EBSCOhost Database, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=209115f0-d641-324c-bbac-91d024dd49a6.
"tornado." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2025. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/tornado/338630. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
The parts of a citation when you cut and paste from the database:
Type: orange
Website/Article Title: green
Web address: red
Author/Organization: blue
Step #5:
Keep track of what kind of notes you are making.
Step #5:
Keep track of what kind of notes you are making.
Are you writing the exact words of the author, exactly as they appear on the page (including any possible misspellings)? This is a quote and should be put in quotation marks.
Are you putting the information you read in your source into your own words? This is a summary.
PRACTICE - Which line is a summary ? Which line is a quote?
PRACTICE - Which line is a summary ? Which line is a quote?
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
Harry's friends were Ron and Hermoine.
Quote and Summary from Source
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Print.
Finding Answers in Books
Finding Answers in Books
In the Library Catalog, you might not find a book with your topic as the title, you may need to get a general book.
ex. A book on Amphibians might have a chapter on the Axolotl, but we don't have a book about them.
To find what you need in a book, use these features:
To find what you need in a book, use these features:
- Table of Contents - at front of book
- Index - in back of most nonfiction books
Organize your search, if you like it, save it!
Organize your search, if you like it, save it!
Each time you find a good source, write down the part of the book to help you relocate it in our library catalog to see it again.
Cut and paste the citation from the Library Catalog!
Cut and paste the citation from the Library Catalog!
Love, Carrie. Everything You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures. DK Pub., 2011.
Author: Love, Carrie.
Title: Everything You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures.
Publisher: DK Pub.
Date: 2011
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