Research for Ms. Butler’s Classes
Getting to resources:
1. Open the River Road website homepage – for the district or for our high school.
2. Click on “Departments” – and look in the far right column to click on “River Road Libraries.”
3. Then look left on the next page, and click on “River Road High School Library.”
From the library homepage, you can:
*Search the library book and electronic resource catalog:
We have a few reference books that might help with your research.
*Search EBSCO databases where you can find research articles as well as encyclopedia articles.
Username: rrisd
Password: wildcats
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You can also do an advanced search. (I will show you.)
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Be sure to put “limiters” on your search. Date, language, etc. Left hand column of EBSCO search.
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*Search TexQuest databases and resources:
Texquest resource usernames/passwords:
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GALE: Username/password (learn/learn)
Brittanica – rrhs/wildcats
EBSCO ebooks: j188902/learn
1. GALE:
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Look for “Gale” – under GALE. (learn/learn = username/password)
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Check the databases that most fit your topic. (You can click “select all,” but you may get more
information than you bargained for.
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You can also do an advanced search. (I’ll show you.)
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You can use the “topic finder” wheel.
Also scroll down the Gale homepage to see “Opposing Viewpoints in Context.”
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2. Brittanica High School (rrhs/wildcats) – This is an online encyclopedia.
not so great for looking up the pros and cons of an issue.
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Great for many projects, but probably
FOR E-BOOKS:
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Use EBSCO e-books. YOU MUST GO THROUGH TEXQUEST to use these. (username/password =
j188902/learn) Click on any appropriate e-book at the bottom of the page; then go back and you will be
able to search e-books.
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Another resource for your research:
SOME SERIOUS WORDS ABOUT PLAGIARISM:
You CANNOT copy/paste anything without giving credit to the source of the information. And you CANNOT
copy/paste a whole paper. The best way to avoid plagiarism is to read the article; then summarize IN YOUR
OWN WORDS; and STILL CITE THE SOURCE.
If you copy/paste something directly from an article, it should only be a sentence or two.
*To indicate that you copy/pasted it, it MUST be in quotation marks. “ . . .”
*After either quoting or summarizing information, put the first word of the citation in parentheses
following the information.
Example:
"On November 8, voters in at least four states decided to nullify unconstitutional federal statutes and United
Nations drug-control treaties by officially ending marijuana prohibition, a major victory for the U.S. Constitution and the
10th Amendment” (States).
You can also say: According to the article “States use nullification to end war on marijuana," On November 8, voters
in at least four states decided to nullify unconstitutional federal statutes and United Nations drug-control treaties by
officially ending marijuana prohibition, a major victory for the U.S. Constitution and the 10th Amendment.”
Or you can summarize and STILL CITE THE SOURCE. In our most recent elections, four state legalized marijuana
(States).
IF YOU DID NOT KNOW IT BEFORE YOU READ IT, YOU MUST CITE THE SOURCE!
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Even if you’re not sure if you knew it, “cover your butt” and cite the source!!!!
In high school, plagiarism can cause you to fail a paper or class.
In college, you can get kicked out of school for plagiarizing.
In life, you can go to jail for plagiarizing!
DON’T DO IT!! Start doing things the right way - NOW!!!
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CITING YOUR SOURCES: Each resource in our databases has a citation tool. All you have to do is copy/paste it
onto a Word or Google doc.
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Entries go in ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
If the entry is longer than one line, the second and any subsequent lines are indented (hanging indent
or tab).
Title the page – Works Cited
All entries are double-spaced and 12-point, standard font.
If you are using a source NOT found in our databases, you can use an online citation creator like Citefast,
Citation Machine, Bibme, or EasyBib. These are easy to use, and they create the citation for you – in the
correct format.
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There are different formats for citing your sources, but English generally uses MLA.
Works Cited
"Introduction to The Legalization of Marijuana: Opposing Viewpoints." The Legalization of
Marijuana, edited by Noël Merino, Greenhaven Press, 2016. Opposing Viewpoints.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/login?url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010991101/OVI
C?u=learn&xid=7a12ccc1. Accessed 24 Jan. 2017.
Provance, Jim. "Debate weighs marijuana's pros, cons." Blade, The (OH) 29 Oct. 2015:
Newspaper Source. Web. 24 Jan. 2017.
"States use nullification to end war on marijuana." The New American, 5 Dec. 2016, p. 7.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
ezproxy.auckland.ac.nz/login?url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A474547988/OVIC
?u=learn&xid=0734b913. Accessed 24 Jan. 2017.
*Final tip: On the RRHS library website - go to Links4Students, and scroll down to Research Resources. Here you will
find more information on citation builders, along with information on plagiarism, credible sources, etc.
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