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Research Help

Finding Sources

Other Libraries

Brookline Public Library
Boston Public Library
WorldCat.org: The World's Largest Library Catalog: Find what you want in a library near you with WorldCat, a global catalog of library collections.

Ebooks and Scholarly Articles for Research

Google Books
Video on Google Books for Research
Tutorial on Google Books for Research

Google Scholar: a version of Google dedicated to searching literary and scientific papers online.
Tutorial on Google Scholar for Research

Google Search Skills

Search Tips: Google Advanced Search:  On the Advanced Search page, you can enter your search terms or numbers and then choose one or more filters to modify the results you see. These filters can help you find the most relevant information possible the first time you search.

Video Tutorial on Google Advanced Search

To search only college/university sites, add site:edu to the search box. This limits your search to ".edu" sites. You still need to evaluate the source!
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Beyond Google

Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Needs A guide to many search engines and their features

Yippy or Clusty (two names, same search engine) is an engine that searches other search engines for you. Yippy/Clusty groups similar results together into “clouds.” Clouds help you see your search results by topic so you can zero in on exactly what you’re looking for or discover unexpected relationships between items. 

Sweet Search is a search engine that will only point to websites that have been evaluated and approved by research experts, librarians and teachers. Rather than ranking the results by popularity, they ensure their results are ranked by credibility.

DuckDuckGo uses information from crowd-sourced sites. The search engine policy emphasizes privacy and does not record user information.

Instagrok has a visual search feature that can help you generate key words.

Database Help

Advanced Search for Databases
Using JSTOR
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How to Search JSTOR Video: Click the image for a great introduction to using JSTOR for research
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Advanced Searching on JSTOR Video: Click the image for a tutorial on advanced search techniques for JSTOR
More Research Tutorials
Check out the BHS LIbrary YouTube Channel for more tutorials on databases, Noodletools, citations, and more!


Organize Your Research

Graphic Organizers
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Research Skills

The A+ Research and Writing Guide from Internet Public Library

Evaluating Websites:
  • The CRAP test
  • CRAP test in action video
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click image for a full size graphic of the CRAP Test

Searching Smarter with Boolean Operators

Video on using Boolean Operators (and, or, not) for web and database searches, created by Virginia Commonwealth University.

Citation Help

  • How to make a hanging indent in Google Docs for your MLS Bibliography
  • Citation in Historical Writing, including instructions on parenthetical citations (from the BHS History Writing Guide)
  • Noodletools
  • Son of Citation Machine
  • OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab
  • Annotated Bibliography (OWL)

NoodleTools

Noodletools is a powerful note-taking software that promotes critical thinking and creativity combined with an accurate MLA bibliography composer.

Directions
Noodletools Tutorials:​
  • How to Create an Outline ​
  • Changing Project from Junior Level to Advanced Level

Note Taking Templates

Note Taking Form