Student Research Resources- JH & HS
Tools For Source Evaluation
Lateral Reading For Source Reliability - Watch this videos for tips on how to decide if a source is trustworthy!
CRAAP method- Watch this video to learn how to use the CRAAP method to decide if a source is trustworthy.
Filter Bubbles - Watch this video to learn how online algorithms control the information you encounter.
Citation Guides:
MLA Citation Guides- This website will help you with creating MLA citations.
APA Tutorials- This website will help you with creating APA citations.
Helpful Databases and Journals:
Montana State Library MSU's library is an excellent source for scholarly articles. Some articles are only available to MSU students, but there are also thousands of scholarly articles anyone can access. To find these articles, type your topic into the search engine. You can then filter the results to include only items that are "Open Access". If you are looking for peer-reviewed articles, you can select that option as well. Need help learning how to filter results? Ask your school librarian!
Free Public Databases
The library at UC Santa Barbara has compiled this amazing list of free databases to meet all of your research needs!
Peer Reviewed Journals and Databases
Free Online Journals and Research Databases. These websites are a good place to go looking for peer-reviewed articles.