Research Tools
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Includes links to several resources that do not require logins and passwords if accessed from school; we will share a list of resources students may also use at home, and show them where to locate entry codes.
Better Google Searches
Many students are initially confident they can strike off into the internet and find exactly what they're looking for by typing a question in the search bar.
Ten minutes later, they regretfully inform the teacher there is "nothing" about hurricanes, tornadoes, Pacific Northwestern tribes, or George Washington on the entire internet.
This brief slideshow shares some tips and tricks for successful searching.
Ten minutes later, they regretfully inform the teacher there is "nothing" about hurricanes, tornadoes, Pacific Northwestern tribes, or George Washington on the entire internet.
This brief slideshow shares some tips and tricks for successful searching.
University of Victoria, Canada: http://library.uvic.ca/instruction/research/google101.html
Using AND
Use AND in a search to:
It is a small set using AND, the combination of all three search words. |
Be aware: In many, but not all, databases, the AND is implied.
- For example, Google automatically puts an AND in between your search terms.
- Though all your search terms are included in the results, they may not be connected together in the way you want.
- For example, this search: college students test anxiety is translated to: college AND students AND test AND anxiety. The words may appear individually throughout the resulting records.
- You can search using phrases to make your results more specific.
- For example: "college students" AND "test anxiety". This way, the phrases show up in the results as you expect them to be.
Using OR
Use OR in a search to:
- connect two or more similar concepts (synonyms)
- broaden your results, telling the database that ANY of your search terms can be present in the resulting records
- example: cloning OR genetics OR reproduction
Palo Alto Networks URL Filter for School Network Access
This tool allows you to check a potentially useful website to see if it will be available at school. The category list is linked below.
https://urlfiltering.paloaltonetworks.com/
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Articles from Credible Sources Written for Student Understanding
Digital Public Library of America
Discovery Education
DocsTeach at the National Archives
Fact Hound
Website for safe searches created by Capstone Press, publishers of social studies comic books. http://www.facthound.com/
Fact Monster
Historical and Social Studies information provided by the Scott Foresman textbook.
http://sf.factmonster.com/
http://sf.factmonster.com/
KidRex
Knowitall.org by SC ETV
South Carolina Educational Television website with links and research ideas. http://www.knowitall.org/
The Noun Project
Photos for Class
Documented photos with source information for educational projects: http://www.photosforclass.com/
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Scholastic Dear America Resources
Crafts, projects, biographies, and timelines. http://www.scholastic.com/teachdearamerica/colonial_artscrafts.htm
Scholastic Study Jams
Smithsonian National Museum Learning Lab and Tween Tribune
You may save your searches, collections, and artifacts
by signing up using your school Google account.
by signing up using your school Google account.
Smithsonian Kids
No student will go wrong in their sources list if they include information from Smithsonian! http://si.edu/Kids