2-Minute Video Tutorials for GALE Databases!

• how to use Gale In Context: High School topic pages to research topics across all subjects
• how to download results or use the Send to tool to add documents to Google Drive
• how to use the citation tool and how to use the highlights and notes tool​

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CLICK HERE for general database step-by-step tutorial print handout
CLICK HERE for science database step-by-step tutorial print handout

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COVID-19 Reliable Information Sources via NLP

• World Health Organization​
• Johns Hopkins University & Medicine
• Federation of American Scientists
• SAS Institute’s Coronavirus Dashboard (with up-to-date graphics and data on the pandemic)
• CovidActNow.org
• Local health agencies
• Check out News Literacy Project's Flipboard magazine for excellent reporting on COVID-19 from high quality news sources

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Access Noodletools via G Suite on the right with your GAFE account (longID@cjuhsd.net, shortIDPwd) on Noodletools.com

NOODLETOOLS.COM login

NOODLETOOLS TUTORIALS:
Setting up your account
​Creating a new project
​Citing a book with an author/Citing a book with an EDITOR

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​Citing databases
Citing a web site/ Citing a web site "Hidden History" edition
Adding annotations (optional) and exporting completed page

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Sweetsearch.com: Searches only a fully vetted list of sites. 
ScienceDaily.com: Provides reliable, current, CITED articles for science.
Phys.org: ScienceDaily on steroids. For all things technology and science.
​National Geographic Education: Learn about anything you can imagine.
Smithsonian.com: Fascinating, current takes on a variety of topics
JStor Daily: Scholarly news based on academic journals.
​NewsELA: Log in with GAFE account. Current news adapted to reading level.
Smithsonian Tween Tribune: Current Events. Competitor with NewsELA. 
Digital Public Library of America: Primary source sets
Global Oneness Project: Explore world cultures and global issues.

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Research

GALEDBGeneral

GALEDBScience

plagiarism.org

Turnitin.com

Works Cited Worksheet

MLA formatted paper sample

Purdue Works Cited guide

EHS Style Manual

How to cite digital IMAGE MLA 8

How to Cite FILM/VIDEO MLA 8

How to Cite WEBSITE MLA 8

How to Cite UNUSUAL SOURCES MLA 8

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BEATING BIAS (even our own!)

No tool is perfect, but the tools below are a good start to thinking about the reliability and bias of our sources. Are we reading widely to get all sides of an issue, or just sticking with what we agree with? Are we distinguishing between opinions and news? Are we using sources with the highest possible reputation for factual reporting?

​ISTE's "Top 10 Sites to Help Students Check Their Facts"
Allsides.com,  mediabiasfactcheck.com, "Blue Feed, Red Feed" from WSJ
List of ten best fact-based, reliable news sources (with runners up)Newseum.org's "Front Pages"

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Checkology.org login 

News Literacy Project: "Get Smart about News" Activities and Quizzes
​Take the Factitious Challenge!

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