CCHS Research Tools

“Research is something that everyone can do, and everyone ought to do. It is simply collecting information and thinking systematically about it.”

~ Raewyn Connell

• Start with a question, topic, or idea. Maybe your teacher has assigned the topic.
• Make a list of questions about the topic. What do you need to find out? This is where you write down the things or questions you do not know.
• Make a list of keywords based on your question.
• Login to NC Ed Cloud with your student ID and password.
• If you do not know anything about your topic- First, try Britannica encyclopedia. Next, try Ebsco Explora next. If that does not give you any information, go to https://www.wikipedia.org/ipedia. Wikipedia is fine to use if the article you find has references.

• Login to NC Ed Cloud with your student ID and password.
• Select the Britannica icon.
• Enter keywords in the "Search" bubble in the upper right corner for your topic.

• Britannica has information on lots of different topics, along with images and videos.

• It is very easy to create citations on the articles, images and videos.

• Britannica can read aloud the article, translate it into other languages, and you can increase the font size. T

• The authors of encyclopedia articles work for that specific encyclopedia and are considered an expert in their field.

Ebsco is a collection of different sites and databases.

Explora

Discovery

Science

History

Point of View

Literary Analysis

Ebooks

Newspaper and Magazine articles

If you have a question or need assistance, email Ms. Blades or get an eHall pass for the library.