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Junior School Library: Research

ONLINE RESOURCES

Databases

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Websites

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Online News

  TIME for Kids.  CBC KIDS NEWS


Fact-checking sites

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PHOTOS and IMAGES

The following sites offer collections of images and photos for free use.

Attribution (giving credit) is not required but is appreciated.

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HOW TO TELL WHAT'S TRUE ONLINE

1. Use fact-checking tools

Use this custom search engine to check facts for you!

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Search the facts!

2. Find the (original) source

3. Verify the source

4. Check other sources

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: HOW DO I CITE...

Citing (saying where you got your information) and providing a bibliography (or list of those sources) is a way of giving credit to the original authors and creators whose works you've used.

By giving credit, you are being honest in how you use the resources you find and you are also respecting the law of copyright (the legal right of authors/creators over their creations).

You can use the "Citations" tool in Google Docs to easily create your references! Watch the video below:

Helpful Citation Tools

Information you will need: 

  1. Author name
  2. Book title
  3. Publication year
  4. Publisher Name

Example: 

Rowling, J.K. (2021). Harry Potter and the half-blood prince. Bloomsbury Children's Books.


EBooks: just add the ebook link to your book reference!

Example: 

Rowling, J.K. (2021). Harry Potter and the half-blood prince. Bloomsbury Children's Books. https://soraapp.com/library/theyorkschoolca/search/query-harry%20potter%20and%20the%20half-blood%20prince/titles/200131/791288

Information you will need: 

  1. Author's name
  2. Article title
  3. Publication year
  4. Website name + URL

Example: 

Crossingham, J. (2022, June 07). Ancient city revealed after dam dries up.  , Retrieved from https://owlconnected.com/archives/ancient-city-revealed.

Information you will need: 

  1. Author's name
  2. Title of article
  3. Publication year
  4. Database name + URL

Example: 

Smith, J. (2013). Learning to reference articles. School database. www.schooldatabase.com/learning-to-reference-articles/123456xyz.

Information you will need: 

  1. Creator's name (or username)
  2. Photo or image title
  3. Publication year
  4. Website name + URL

Example: 

Lava by Denali National Park and Preserve, 2013, Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/denalinps/8639280606/).