AIDS Facts

 

Civil War Facts

 

Trust Scale

Parenthetical Citation Sites

Research Question Form

 

Researchable Question Document

 

Extended Essary Research Guide--help with outlining

 

Keyword Challenge

Are you good at selecting keywords from a sentence?

 

Keyword Search Plan

Use this document to plan your keyword searches in databases or on a search engine like Google

 

Boolean Searching

Using AND, OR, NOT to broaden or narrow your searches

 

Academic OneFile

Academic OneFile is an excellent source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

 

Gale Student Resource Center

 

Google Scholar Search Engine

 

 

JSTOR

Excellent database of articles from scholarly journals spanning multiple disciplines.

 

Montgomery College Library

Use the catalog and the online resources

 

New York Times Historical Newspaper

The Historical New York Times. New York Times newspaper articles from 1851 to 2004.

 

ProQuest

Full text magazines and newspapers since 1980. Make sure you check "Scholarly Journals" and "Full Text Documents" when searching.

 

Questia

Database with 10,000 full-text books available for research. Usernames and passwords are limited and must be acquired from the media specialist.

 

University of Maryland

Use the catalog before a trip to their libraries.

 

University of Maryland Library Floor Plan

 

University of Maryland Virtual Tour

 

NoodleTools

A bibliography maker that helps you create a works cited page in correct MLA or APA format. You'll need the login and password, which is available from the media specialists. Also please share your list with us. Put "IB period 2 " or "IB period 6 in the class list box when setting up your work space.

 

Dewey Browse

 

WorldCat

 

WorldCat allows you to search for materials and then find them in a nearby library by entering your zip code.

 

University of Maryland Library Catalog

 

Library of Congress Classification System

 

Google Book Search

 

Montgomery County Online Resources

(access requires library card barcode number)

 

World Wide Web Databases

Much of Internet is somewhat hidden; the average search engine will not find it. This information is in what is sometimes called the "deep web." The New York Public Library has made a list of where you can find this information. You can search for key words by using Edit/find on this page or better, by browsing the database descriptions.

 

Documentation Guidelines

From Duke University Libraries

 

Citation Style for Research Papers

From Long Island University

 

Tilt (Terrapin Information Literacy Tutorial)

From the University of Maryland.

 

Topic Pathfinder