Science Expo in Middle School

Build your skills while you research for the Science Expo:

• How to access the library’s databases and how databases are different from free web sites on the internet.
• What a Reference Source is and how it helps at the beginning of a research project
• Why databases can speed your research.
• Practice with World Book Student and Britannica Reference databases.
• Advanced searching with Gale’s Science in Context:  Click here and scroll down to “Background Research.“
• Avoid plagiarism as you collect, copy and paste citations to build your APA style bibliography with NoodleTools, or use its templates to build citations.
• Avoid plagiarism by paraphrasing and quoting as you take notes.
• Export your bibliography from NoodleTools.