English IV Research Guide
Johnson & Frederick
Primary Databases
Boolean Operators
MCPL Databases
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EBSCOhost- Periodicals, journals, newspapers, articles, and more. Login using isdschools.
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"AND" helps narrow the search: Requires both terms to be in each item returned. If one term is contained in the document and the other is not, the item is not included in the resulting list.
"OR" broadens the search: Either term (or both) will be in the returned document.
"NOT" focuses the search: The first term is searched, then any records containing the term after the operators are subtracted from the results.
( ) or " " enclose search strategies that will customize your results.
Presentation Slides
SIRS Issues Researcher - Research issues and topics from around the world.
GALE General OneFile - Access articles ideal for research papers and projects.
CNN & CNN10 - World news and a daily news video.
Google Scholar - Includes journals, dissertations, technical reports, and other scholarly literature.
Source Credibility
CRAAP
Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose