RESEARCH AND CITATIONS
EFFECTIVE SEARCHES AND CREDIBLE RESOURCES
What is Research?
Developing a Topic
Locating Information
- Websites via a search engine (Bing, Yahoo, Google...)
- Books
- Magazines
- Databases
- Newspapers
Alternatives to Google, Bing, and Yahoo
Effective Searching
- Use distinctive phrases rather than general terms to narrow the results e.g.: "effects of cigarette smoking" rather than "cigarettes" or "cigarette smoking"
- If you know the proper name of the organization or person enter it
- Be aware of different spellings, synonyms or alternate forms you could use for your search term
- Try using quotation marks around your phrase e.g. “children AND reading AND success”
- Try different search engines with the same search terms to see what each delivers. There could be interesting and valuable differences.
Boolean Operators
- Type AND between your search terms to link two or more subjects together e.g. children AND reading AND success
- Type OR between your search terms to include at least one term in your results e.g. Global warming OR Greenhouse effect
- Type NOT to exclude results that contain the term following NOT e.g. Dolphins NOT Football
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT USING BOOLEAN OPERATORS.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW A VIDEO EXPLANATION OF BOOLEAN OPERATORS.
GENERAL REFERENCE & RESEARCH SITES
Contains several resources for news & current events.
Contains in-depth data for countries around the globe.
Convert length, area, speed, temperature, etc. into different units and systems.
Online research tools including dictionaries. translations, quotations, and more.
Basic information about the U.S., broken down on a national, state, and local level.
Labor statistics for the federal and local level.
GALE DATABASES
Academic OneFile
General OneFile
GREENR (Environment, Energy, & Natural Resources)
Infotrac newsstand
Research in Context
Student Resources in Context
Opposing Viewpoints
HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS
kids infobits
Britannica online encyclopedia
Destiny Discover (library catalog)
Science in Context
Science In Context is an engaging online resource providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative, curriculum-aligned reference content with headlines and videos, Science In Context draws students into the subject matter, showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.
BrainPop
ProQuest SIRS Discoverer
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
iSEEK Education
Pros and cons of controversial issues
Cato institute
Infoplease
Gallup Poll
Works Cited Tutorial for MLA
WORKS CITED
Boolean Commands Explained. Digital image. School District of Onalaska. School District of Onalaska, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.
Creating an Effective Search Strategy. Perf. PurdueLibraries. PurdueLibraries. YouTube, 1 June 2012. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.
Son of Citation Machine ScreenCast. Perf. Taustgen226. YouTube. YouTube, 4 Nov. 2014. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.