RESEARCH

DATABASES

GALE & the Online Encyclopedias are great places to start.
All logins are the same unless otherwise noted:
Username: chaps  Password: learn 
(Brain Pop: hillcountryms   hillcountry)
Just type in your search term and you will find loads of great information.

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Copy of RESEARCH APPS by hschubert

LINK TO DISTRICT RESEARCH SITE

LINK TO RESEARCH MODEL

LINKS TO DATABASES
PRO/CON
Opposing Viewpoints
Pro/Con
Newsella

GENERAL RESEARCH
DK Findout
National Geographic Kids
FactCite
Essential Information
Kid InfoBits
Research in Context
Sweet Search
Explora
Brain Pop

BIOGRAPHIES
Biographies

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Encyclopedia Britannica
Worldbook Online

LITERATURE
Lit Finder
Literature Resource Center
Twayne's Authors Series
Mythology

HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Culturegrams
SIRS Discoverer
SIRS Countries, Facts, & Maps
World Atlas
American Hisotry
Countries & Cultures

SCIENCE AND HEALTH
Science in Context
Health and Wellness
Science
GREENR

PODCASTS
ListenWise

CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGES

8th Grade American Revolution Project

 HOW TO USE RESOURCES

* Research Like A Boss
* Evaluating Websites
* Sweet Search (It's WAAAY better than Google)
* Cite A Book
* Biographies
* Explora Database
* Persuasive Resources
Opposing Viewpoints and Issues & Controversies
Online Encyclopedia - Britannica
Online Encyclopedia - World Book
World Book & Britannica
Culturegrams
Culturegrams HOW TO
SIRS Country Facts & Maps
Easybib for a Web Site
Mythology


PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Westbank Library
Austin Public Library

HEALTH RESEARCH

CDC
Brittanica
Research in Context

CITING YOUR SOURCE

EasyBib

MLA Style Helper
Noodle Tools Express
Citation Machine


SOCIAL MEDIA CITATION GUIDE
Use the MLA format