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EBSCOHOST DATABASES

See the links below for esubscriptions that ought to help you find current information.

For most esubsciptions use:

UserID: pdslibs

Password: gooddata

EBSCOHOST uses different credentials to sign in:

Ebscohost

UserID: princetonds

Password: Cjrlc@096

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CLICK ON EBSCOHOST WEB TO SEARCH LOADS OF CURRENT ARTICLES. YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHAT KIND OF ARTICLES TO SEARCH.

Current News Sources

Newspapers have their own username and passwords, too:

Username: library@pds.org

Password: Goodnews22!

Allsides.com is another source to use to get current online articles. It has an easy topic finder. You do not need a username and password as it is a free website.

Online Library DATABASES

Ebscohost Databases This link opens in a new window
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Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new window
Global Issues in Context spans continents and cultures to bring essential, balanced information to researchers across many academic disciplines. Integrating news, global viewpoints, reference, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics and more in a single search, Global Issues in Context not only focuses on broad issues such as poverty and nuclear proliferation, it also prompts a close appraisal of targeted issues,
Infobase Facts on File Databases This link opens in a new window
Facts on File Infobase source covers a wide variety of topics with more than 3,000 titles and spans a multitude of subject areas such as U.S. history, world history, language and literature, science and technology, careers, social issues, and many others. Our publishing program covers five reading levels: elementary (grades 3-5), middle school (grades 6-8), high school (grades 9-12), college/academic, and general adult. A
SIRS Database This link opens in a new window
SIRS® Issues Researcher provides background and current analysis necessary for the research and understanding of 320+ current and pervasive Leading Issues. Analysis and opinions cover the pros, cons, and everything in between on the most researched and debated social issues of the day.
Sirs Discoverer This link opens in a new window
ProQuest SIRS Discoverer is a multidisciplinary database for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas such as current events, history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology. All newspaper, magazine and reference content is 100% full text, editorially-selected and indexed from over 2,200 reliable, high-quality domestic and international sources. The collection includes 9,000 integrated educational weblinks, and reference materials such as the Compton’s by Britannica encyclopedia and DK Eyewitness books.

Create a Bibliography

To get a citation for a bibliography, copy and paste from an esubscription, OR use Mybib.com to create your own citation. Put the citations in alphabetical order by first significant work on a google doc. See the specific instructions attached below.

Google Search Operators

Common Sense Media Google Search Operators - Tips for searching in google

How does Google Search work behind the scenes?

Advanced Search Strategies

Search Terms

Search Terms or Keywords: The key to getting the most out of your search is to use multiple words to look up your topic. Use the sheet to create a list of search terms or keywords to help you as you research your topic. They may include synomyms or alternate words for your topic. Some more specific, some more general.

In order to identify the words or phrases that you need to find the information you want, you need to try a variety of phrases or words. First, write the terms or phrases you are interested in looking up in your own words. As you search, fill in subject terms or phrases that you notice are being used.

The search terms often vary according to the database you are searching, so that is why you need to keep track of different words or phrases, and try multiple words or phrases to get the best results.

Below are some examples.

Your search term or idea: Bioterrorism

Words you pick up from researching:

biological weapons

biological warfare

terrorism

Anthrax

chemical weapons

Your search term or idea: Death penalty

juvenile death penalty

capital punishment

lethal injection

execution

Your search term or idea: cutting down trees

trees

saving trees

forests conservation

deforestation

Your search term or idea: school all year

From Ebsco Points of View:

Under Education,

Year-round school

From FOF:

schedules, schools

summer

school year

Your search term: exercise and diet make a healthy lifestyle

Used Ebscohost : MAS Ultra school edition

exercise and diet

exercise teenagers

From Ebscohost Points of View:

Outdoor Recreation (by the way, there is an article here on obesity in children, and hunting)