Research Databases
- General & Multidisciplinary
- Biography
- Issue Studies
- Videos & Images
- News & Current Events
- Data
- Health & Wellness
- English Language & Literature
- Social Studies
- Science
- Theology & Philosophy
- VPA
- World Languages
- Education
- BRITANNICA
- EBSCOhost
- GALE
- INFOBASE (Facts on File)
- PROQUEST
- ROSEN
- CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY DATABASES
- ASSIGNMENT PATHFINDERS
General & Multidisciplinary
(EBSCOhost) Academic Search Premier is a leading multidisciplinary research database. It provides access to full-text journals, magazines and other valuable resources.
(EBSCOhost) Explora provides access to multiple EBSCOhost databases, but with an easy-to-navigate interface designed for students.
(EBSCOhost) EBSCO Research Databases gives a menu of all the EBSCOhost databases. Select the ones you want for a consolidated search.
(EBSCOhost) MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such art, history, sports and music, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.
(Gale) Academic OneFile Select provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers across disciplines. The database meets research needs in subject areas including the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
(Gale) General OneFile is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, General OneFile serves a wide audience of readers.
(Gale In Context) High School is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects, with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
(Gale OneFile) High School Edition provides high school students with access to magazines, newspapers, books, and other reference content. The database offers audience-appropriate information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.
(Infobase) Classroom Video on Demand compiles Films Media Group's best high school-level video content spanning the core subject areas. Covers business and economics, family and guidance, health and nutrition, literature and language arts, science and mathematics, social studies, visual and performing arts, archival films and newsreels.
PBS LearningMedia
Offers access to thousands of innovative, standards-aligned digital resources .
Britannica Academic Online offers full text encyclopedic articles as well as articles from magazines and newspapers. It also provides access to selected web sites and visual material.
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(EBSCOhost) Biography Reference Center offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies and unique narrative biographies. |
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Videos & Images
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(Web) Unsplash.com Free photos gifted by a worldwide community of photographers. |
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News & Current Events
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San Francisco Chronicle (Full, digital, Newspapers in Education edition) Access to past issues included. | ||||
(EBSCOhost) Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources. |
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(EBSCOhost) Newswires provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis. This content is monitored by EBSCO and relevant results are provided when users enter searches in EBSCOhost. | (EBSCOhost) TOPICsearch Teachers, librarians and student researchers can use this database to explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics frequently discussed in the classroom. | (Web: Newseum.org) Today's Front Pages View the front pages of hundreds of U.S. newspapers and link to their non-subscription websites. | ||
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(GALE, html text only) The Christian Science Monitor Full text coverage 12/19/1996 to current with two day embargo. Searchable. |
(GALE, html text only) The Guardian (London, England) Full text coverage 1/1/1990 to current with five day embargo. Searchable. |
(GALE, html text only) The New York Times Full text coverage 1/1/1985 to current. Searchable. |
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(GALE, html text only) Tehran Times (Tehran, Iran) Full text coverage 1/3/2014 to current with two day embargo. Searchable. |
(GALE, html text only) USA Today Full text coverage 7/1/2003 to current with two day embargo. Searchable. | (GALE, html text only) The Times of India (Mumbai, India) Full text coverage 6/1/2005 to current. Searchable. | ||
(GALE) El Nacional de Venezuela (in Spanish) Full text coverage 3/8/2006 to current. Searchable. | (GALE, html text only) The Washington Post Full text coverage 1/1/2014 to current. Searchable. | (GALE, html text only) The Zimbabwean (Harare, Zimbabwe) Full text coverage 1/2/2014 to current. Searchable. | ||
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(Web) U.S. Press Freedom Tracker "This nonpartisan website aims to be the first to provide reliable, easy-to-access information on the number of press freedom violations in the United States—from journalists facing charges to reporters stopped at the U.S. border or asked to hand over their electronics. ... The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker brings together more than two dozen press freedom groups to create a centralized repository for research. The data [they] gather will help inform advocacy, journalism, and legal action" ("About", pressfreedomtracker.us). |
Data
(Proquest) Statistical Abstracts of the United States--Online Edition is a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. It is a snapshot of America and its people. |
(Web) Pew Research Center "Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. [They] conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions" ("About", pewresearch.org). |
(Web) Covid ActNow is "a multidisciplinary team of technologists, epidemiologists, health experts, and public policy leaders working to provide disease intelligence and data analysis on COVID in the U.S." ("About", covidactnow.org/about#can). | ||
(Web) U.S. Press Freedom Tracker "This nonpartisan website aims to be the first to provide reliable, easy-to-access information on the number of press freedom violations in the United States—from journalists facing charges to reporters stopped at the U.S. border or asked to hand over their electronics. ... The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker brings together more than two dozen press freedom groups to create a centralized repository for research. The data [they] gather will help inform advocacy, journalism, and legal action" ("About", pressfreedomtracker.us). | (Web) Data.gov "Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more ("The home of the U. S. government's open data," data.gov.) | (Web) U. S. Census Data. "The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy ("Explore census data," data.census.gov/cedsci/ ). |
Health & Wellness
(Gale) Health and Wellness offers access to thousands of full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and more on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices, and more.
(Rosen) Teen Health and Wellness provides comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career counseling.
(Infobase) Classroom Video on Demand contains more than 4,500 health and guidance classroom videos. Use the subject drop-down menu to further filter video results for Nutrition, Life Skills, Growth and Development, Digital Citizenship and more.
English Language & Literature
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Social Studies
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(Web, CIA Library) World Factbook Provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. |
(Web, UNESCO) World Heritage Sites Interactive Map Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage. |
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(Web) World101 - From the Council on Foreign Relations. Understand the issues, forces and actors that shape the contemporary world. |
(Web) Google Earth - An online, interactive globe with a world of possibilities. |
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(Web) Congress.gov makes federal United States legislative information freely available to the public. Contains legislation from the 107th Congress (2001) to the present, member of Congress profiles from the 93rd Congress (1973) to the present, and selected member profiles from the 80th through the 92nd Congresses (1947 to 1972). |
(Britannica) Annals of American History provides access to over 2,000 primary source documents dating back to 1493, includes speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials, poems, song verses, and more. |
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(Proquest, Web) Black Freedom Struggle in the United States : A Selection of Primary Sources presents "primary source documents from several of the time periods in American History when the river of the Black Freedom Struggle ran more powerfully, while not losing sight of the fierce, often violent opposition that Black people have faced on the road to freedom" ("About." https://blackfreedom.proquest.com/about/.) |
(Web) Interactive WWI Timeline presented by the National WWI Museum and Memorial. |
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(Web, University of California) Calisphere is a gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 1,175,000 images, texts, and recordings—and counting. |
(Web, UC Riverside) California Digital Newspaper Collection is a remarkable full text, hi-res image database of dozens of late 19th-- and early 20th century newspapers from California towns and cities. |
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Science
(EBSCOhost) Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books and a vast collection of images.
(Infobase) Classroom Video on Demand contains more than 4,800 science classroom videos. Use the subject drop-down menu to further filter video results for Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics and more.
(AAAS, Web) Science Advances is the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) open access multidisciplinary journal, publishing impactful research papers and reviews in any area of science, in both disciplinary-specific and broad, interdisciplinary areas.
(EBSCOhost) Science ebooks Browse and search our diverse selection of ebooks about a variety of scientific topics.
The Periodic Table
(TED-Ed, Web) Periodic Videos is a fascinating collection of short educational videos on each element in the periodic table.
(Royal Society of Chemistry, Web) Periodic Table
(Gale In Context) Environmental Studies focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues, including energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development.
(RB Digital) New Scientist
(iOS app) BiomeViewer lets you explore and discover Earth’s ecosystems with a tap of your finger! Drop a pin to see historic climate data, wildlife, stunning pictures, and more for any terrestrial location on the planet. Discover how patterns of human settlement and agriculture have changed the planet since 1700.
Theology & Philosophy
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(Web) Open Access Digital Theological Library collections are composed primarily of books and articles. The collections are ecumenical, global, and interreligious and include materials in all languages. |
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(Web) Catholic News Archive includes thousands of newspaper pages, from different cities, over multiple years in a dynamic and growing database. The collection is fully text searchable. |
(Web) Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life "The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research" ("About Pew Research Center," www.pewforum.org/) |
(Web) Directory of Open Access Journals (Philosophy, psychology and religion) is "a community-curated list of open access journals and aims to be the starting point for all information searches for quality, peer reviewed open access material" ("About DOAJ," www.doaj.org/about). |
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(EBSCOhost) Philosophy ebooks Browse through a selection of ebooks about philosophy. |
VPA
ARTSTOR Public Collection (Web) A rich collection of high resolution digital photos of great art from across history with excellent metadata to support research and citations.
World Languages
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Education
(EBSCOhost) ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, it is essential too for education researchers of all kinds. |
(EBSCOhost) Education Research Complete Designed for educators, administrators, and those seeking professional development resources, this bibliographic and full-text database covers scholarly research relating to all areas of education. |
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(Open access journal) Communications in Information Literacy (CIL) is a peer-reviewed, independently published, and open access journal devoted to advancing research, theory, and practice in the area of information literacy in education. |
BRITANNICA
Britannica Academic Online offers full text encyclopedic articles as well as articles from magazines and newspapers. It also provides access to selected web sites and visual material.
Original Sources Over 420,000 e-works of classic, primary source, and general reference materials in twelve subject areas: world history, U. S. history, political science, law, literature, science, mathematics, social science, philosophy, religion, language, and language arts. Includes speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, photos, multimedia and much more.
Annals of American History gives access to over 2,000 primary source documents dating back to 1493, including speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials, poems, song verses, and more.
Britannica (9-12)
A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades 9-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable resources.
Need help from Britannica? See our support page. (800) 621-3900 x 7160 | edsupport@eb.com
ImageQuest provides access to two million images in one convenient location. All images are rights-cleared for non-commercial, educational use. MLA citation is provided as well.
EBSCOhost
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(EBSCOhost) Academic Search Premier is a leading multidisciplinary research database. It provides access to full-text journals, magazines and other valuable resources. |
(EBSCOhost) Explora provides access to multiple EBSCOhost databases, but with an easy-to-navigate interface designed for students. |
(EBSCOhost) EBSCO Research Databases gives a menu of all the EBSCOhost databases. Select the ones you want for a consolidated search. | ||
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(EBSCOhost) eBook Collection gives access to thousands of ebooks across dozens of disciplines and genres. |
(EBSCOhost) MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such art, history, sports and music, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags. | ||
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(EBSCOhost) History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents covering both U.S. and world history topics. |
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(EBSCOhost) NoveList Plus is a trusted source of expert read-alike fiction recommendations. |
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(EBSCOhost) Newswires provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis. This content is monitored by EBSCO and relevant results are provided when users enter searches in EBSCOhost. | (EBSCOhost) TOPICsearch Teachers, librarians and student researchers can use this database to explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics frequently discussed in the classroom. | ||
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GALE
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INFOBASE (Facts on File)
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PROQUEST
(Proquest) Statistical Abstracts of the United States--Online Edition is a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. It is a snapshot of America and its people. |
(Proquest, Web) Black Freedom Struggle in the United States : A Selection of Primary Sources presents "primary source documents from several of the time periods in American History when the river of the Black Freedom Struggle ran more powerfully, while not losing sight of the fierce, often violent opposition that Black people have faced on the road to freedom" ("About." https://blackfreedom.proquest.com/about/.) |
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ROSEN
(Rosen) Teen Health and Wellness provides comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career counseling.
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY DATABASES
California 9-12 Digital Resources
Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica and TeachingBooks.net are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.
These databases are provided for all California students from the California State Library.
Encyclopaedia Britannica (9-12)
A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades 9-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable resources.
Need help from Britannica? See our support page. (800) 621-3900 x 7160 | edsupport@eb.com
TeachingBooks.net (9-12)
One-stop resources for books you are reading and teaching, including author and illustrator interviews, lesson plans, and other enrichment content.
Need help from TeachingBooks.net? See our support page. (800) 596-0710 | accounts@TeachingBooks.net
ASSIGNMENT PATHFINDERS
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- Theology 2 - Life Issues Debate
- Theology 3 - Church History Project
- Black American History and BLM
- Theology 4 - Social Justice Project
- U. S. History
Theology 2 - Life Issues Debate
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Capital Punishment
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Search Keywords and Terms: abortion, "medical abortion," "abortion pill," "late term abortion," "in vitro fertilization," "death penalty," "capital punishment," euthanasia, "assisted suicide," "physician-assisted suicide," "palliative care," "reproductive technologies," bioethics |
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DATABASE ARTICLES (SCHOLARLY)
(EBSCOhost) Academic Search Premier is a leading multidisciplinary research database. It provides access to full-text journals, magazines and other valuable resources. |
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(EBSCOhost) History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents covering both U.S. and world history topics. |
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FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH
Use encyclopedias and news sources to gather essential information about a topic and to build your keyword list for further searching.
(GALE) New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd. ed. (2003)
For off campus access, use the GALE password.
News Sources
- New York Times online
- Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
ON THE WEB
LOG in to the Destiny library catalog using "sign in with google" before accessing the digital collections below.
DESTINY Collection: Modern Church History online
“Women in the United States hold crosses through the border fence” by Jim West from AmericaMagazine.org
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DESTINY Collection: Digitized Primary Source Material
“Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without first hand experience.”
“Using Primary Sources.” Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/usingprimarysources/
MLA FORMATTING & CITATION GUIDES
BOOKS
Log in to the library's Destiny Discover online catalog first using "Sign in with Google" and your school email address. Then browse the book titles below as a reminder of what you've already seen in the library.
Click on a book cover image to link to the library catalog record for more information.
To access a book, click on the OPEN button for ebooks, or place a hold on a print book using the HOLD button. (The OPEN and HOLD buttons will not show if you are not logged in to the library catalog.)
The library is open from 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily for assistance in accessing all materials.
Church in the U. S., 1946-
Church & Groups, 1946-
BIOGRAPHIES, 1946-
THE WORLD CHURCH, 1946-
Issues, 1946-
Church in the World, 1946-
Black American History and BLM
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(Proquest, Web) Black Freedom Struggle in the United States : A Selection of Primary Sources presents "primary source documents from several of the time periods in American History when the river of the Black Freedom Struggle ran more powerfully, while not losing sight of the fierce, often violent opposition that Black people have faced on the road to freedom" ("About." https://blackfreedom.proquest.com/about/.) | |
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(New York Times Magazine, Web) "The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from the New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative" ("The 1619 Project." New York Times Magazine, https://nyti.ms/37JLWkZ). | |
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Theology 4 - Social Justice Project
Veterans' Affairs
Poverty, Housing & Economic Justice
Environmental Justice
Immigration & Citizenship
Sex, Gender & Sexuality Justice
VIOLENCE & EXTREMISM
Animal Welfare & Rights
Racial Justice
Food, Health, Health Care Justice & Drug Abuse
Restorative Criminal Justice
educational justice & bullying
Capital Punishment
LABOR & SPORTS JUSTICE
U. S. History
DATABASES
(EBSCOhost) America: History and Life with Full Text is the definitive research database covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
(Proquest, Web) Black Freedom Struggle in the United States : A Selection of Primary Sources presents "primary source documents from several of the time periods in American History when the river of the Black Freedom Struggle ran more powerfully, while not losing sight of the fierce, often violent opposition that Black people have faced on the road to freedom" ("About." https://blackfreedom.proquest.com/about/.) (Gale In Context) U. S. History is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. history. Includes reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. |
(EBSCOhost) History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents covering both U.S. and world history topics.
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(Britannica) Annals of American History gives access to over 2,000 primary source documents dating back to 1493, including speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, editorials, poems, song verses, and more. (Gale In Context) Biography is an engaging online experience for those seeking information on the world's most influential people, allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
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ON THE WEB
Important Note
History.com, wikipedia.com or any other general encyclopedia source (Britannica.com) are not allowed as sources in the Works Cited list for this paper. You may use them as background or starter sources, but not as sources to be cited in academic research. Sources from the Internet that you wish to cite must have an identified author with recognized authority (education, profession, witness, or track record of works) in U.S. history.
Evaluating Web Sources
WRITE YOUR PAPER
- Paraphrasing: Write it in your own words
- Avoiding Plagiarism from Purdue OWL
- In-text Citations:The Basics from Purdue OWL
- Sample Student Paper from Purdue OWL
- Sample Student Paper written by Mr. Carey circa 1995
- Use MyBib (MLA8 style) for your Works Cited list