McLean High School Library Website: Research Help

 Embark & Clarify:

What is our purpose?

Finding & Generate: 

What do we need?

Evaluate & Reflect:

What do we trust?

Getting Started:

• Creating Strong Research Questions

• Creating Good Searches 

Source Types:

• Popular vs. Scholarly Sources

• Primary & Secondary Sources

Getting Started with Research

• Creating Good Searches

• Reading For Research 

• Notetaking for Research

Sources:

• NoodleTools

• Intext Citations

Finding Images

• Finding Images for School Assignments

Finding Trusted Sources

• Evaluating Sources Using SIFT 

  • the best and fastest way to evaluate sources!

Source Types

• Popular vs. Scholarly Sources

• Primary & Secondary Sources

Finding Images

• Using Images for School Assignments

Organize & Manage:

How do we arrange?

Analyze & Synthesize:

What does it mean?

Communicate & Apply Ethically:

How will we relate?

Research Strategies:

• Notetaking for Research

Sources:

• NoodleTools

• Intext Citations

Time Management For Research:

• Focus Strategy for Studying & Research

• Time Management Strategies for Research Projects

Synthesize

• Reading For Research

• Notetaking for Research 

Writing 

• Persuasive Writing

Ethical Scholarship

• Responsibly Using Images for School Assignments

• Using AI for School Assignments

About Our Research Help Page

These tutorials support students develop a research mindset through engagement with content and increasing awareness of ethical, cultural social and team aspects. 

During their time at McLean High School, students will gain research skills required to be successful researchers who are capable of autonomous and open ended-research.