Click here to access the Purdue Owl. This site has great tools to help write and cite your paper.
- Ms. Rusnak’s research PowerPoint presentation
- Helpful video about Plagiarism: https://youtu.be/-JwFWbPotBA
- Helpful video about MLA format: https://youtu.be/eLOWYqTu4-4
- APA Works Cited Page Cheat Sheet
- Video about using Google Scholar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8_CW6FV8Ac
- Video about Google Search operators: (Tricks for searching on Google): Google Search Tricks for Research | Common Sense Education
- Sample MLA Works Cited Page (collegeofsanmateo.edu)
All Tocoi Creek High School students have access to World Book Online at: https://www.worldbookonline.com/?subacct=63240
(tocoi, Toros)
These are some FREE electronic resources/databases available for all our students as they conduct academic and scholarly research.
• St. Johns County Public Library (you must have a valid public library card to have access to their many databases and electronic books and resources)
• The Florida Electronic Library– search through several databases for books, magazines, articles, newspapers, and more. ALL FREE!
• Google Scholar Instead of “Google”, Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Citation (Works Cited) Tools
EasyBib
Citation Builder
Owl at Purdue
Citation Machine
BibMe
NCSU Citation Builder
TurnItIn.com
MLA Style Center
Resources for Spotting Fake News
TinEye: Reverse Image Search
Snopes
List of Fake News Sites
FactCheck.org
Poynter Institute: Six Tips to Debunk Fake News Stories by Yourself
Washington Post Fact Checker