McLean High School Library Website: Research Help

 Embark & Clarify:

 What is our purpose? How do I get started? 

Finding & Generate: 

What do we need?

Evaluate & Reflect:

What do we trust?

Getting Started:

• Creating Strong Research Questions

• Defining Keywords for Your Research

Time Management For Research:

• Focus Strategy for Studying & Research

• Time Management Strategies for Research Projects

Searching & Finding

Improving Your Searches

• Defining Keywords for Your Search

• Advanced Searches & Boolean Operators

• Filtering Your Results

Finding Books

• Using the Library Catalog

Other Searching Topics

• Reading For Research 

• Finding Images for School Assignments

Source Citations:

• NoodleTools

• Intext Citations

Finding Trusted Sources

• Evaluating Sources Using SIFT 

  • the best and fastest way to evaluate sources!

• Misinformation & Disinformation

  • Fake News

  • Media Bias

  • Data Literacy

  • Fact Checking Resources & Finding Quality News

Source Types

• Popular vs. Scholarly Sources

• Primary & Secondary Sources

Organize & Manage:

How do we arrange?

Analyze & Synthesize:

What does it mean?

Communicate & Apply Ethically:

How will we relate?  What have I learned?

Organizing Research

• Notetaking for Research

Source Citations:

• Citing Sources: with NoodleTools to create Works Cited

• Citing Sources: Intext Citations

Synthesize

• Reading For Research 

• Creating an Annotated Bibliography (MLA)

Writing Guidance

• Peer Editing

• Persuasive Writing

Being an Ethical Scholar

• Responsibly Using Images for School Assignments

• Using AI for School Assignments

• Citing Sources:
  • Citing Sources: with NoodleTools to create Works Cited
  • Citing Sources: Intext Citations

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.