Cite Your Sources with NoodleTools
- NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
Keep track of your research resources, take digital notecards, and make perfect MLA citations for your Works Cited with NoodleTools. Now with Google Sign-in!
- NoodleTools Setting Up an AccountInstructions for Byram Hills Students who have never used NoodleTools and need to set up an account.
Passwords to Library Databases / eBooks
If something here asks you for a library password, look it up on this Google Spreadsheet!
LOG INTO BobCatalog/Destiny Discover, to read ebooks!! username=LastnameFirstInitial27 (or 28 or 29) password=your personal password. (Or go through ClassLink and click on "Destiny TLI" app).
TO LOG INTO Sora eBooks, use your school Google account. Click here for step-by-step instructions on Sora.
Investigate
Investigate: What are all of the sources that might be used? Which sources will be most useful and valuable? How do I locate these sources? How do I find the information within each source? How do I evaluate the information that I find?
Multimedia Sources
Some of these sites have articles as well as multimedia!
Check out the Academy of Achievement's "What it Takes" Podcast library,
available through iTunes, where there are about 65 interviews with extraordinary people.
Check out the National Women's Hall of Fame, and its "Oral History Center,"
where there are about 10 video/podcast interviews with extraordinary women.
Oral History: Voices of Great Women Podcasts are Now Available - National Women’s Hall of Fame
Use our school's subscription to Discovery Education.
YOU MUST LOG IN through ClassLink!
Discovery Education is the same website as your 7th-8th grade Social Studies TechBook*
Click on "Advanced Search" under the search box.
Select "Video Segment" from Media Type.
Some links give you clips of the video, some give you the full movie.
Use our school's subscription to the GALE POWERSEARCH database.
If accessing from home, you will need the password.
No username needed, but use the Gale password for HCC students.
Don't know the password? Click on this Google spreadsheet.
Click on "Advanced" below the search box.
Under “Document Type” select from the dropdown menu “Audio file,” “Video,” etc. Type your person's name & hit search.
Use our school's subscription to Soundzabound for downloadable music.
YOU MUST LOG IN! All students use the same username and password.
Don't know the password? Click on this Google spreadsheet.
- Creative Commons MusicSearch SoundCloud, Jamendo, and CC Mixter for music.
Sources for Articles
- Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biography in Context by Gale is easy to browse and has both up-to-date news & magazine sources as well as video and audio clips. - FactCite This link opens in a new window
This database is easy to use and articles are not too challenging, good for biographical information. - In Context: Middle School This link opens in a new window
Good biographical articles from reference books as well as current and older articles from newspapers and magazines. - EBSCO Explora This link opens in a new window
Another source of newspaper and magazine articles, both current and older. - Gale Power Search This link opens in a new window
- Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new window
Britannica gives you recommended Web sites on your topic, too. Search in Britannica, open the article about your topic, then click on "Web's Best Sites" on left side of screen - World Book Encyclopedia--HCC This link opens in a new window
World Book gives you magazine articles about your topic too! Search for your topic, open the article, then click on "Related Information" tab on top. - Newsstand This link opens in a new window
- The New York Times website
The Web-based version of The New York Times newspaper. Unlimited free articles while used in the school building. To save articles for later access outside of school, "Sign in w/Google" and click "Save" button with articles open.
Passwords to Library Databases / eBooks
If something here asks you for a library password, look it up on this Google Spreadsheet!
LOG INTO BobCatalog/Destiny Discover, to read ebooks!! username=LastnameFirstInitial27 (or 28 or 29) password=your personal password. (Or go through ClassLink and click on "Destiny TLI" app).
TO LOG INTO Sora eBooks, use your school Google account. Click here for step-by-step instructions on Sora.