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Getting Started:

• Brainstorming a Topic 
• Note Card How Tos

    
•  Electronic Notes How Tos

1. Subscription Databases: 

• Locate 3 articles from any of the subscription databases (GALE, CQ Researcher, Proquest, EBSCO).  These should be articles relevant to your research paper.

• Mark the articles.

• Send citations for the 3 articles to powayhslibrary@gmail.com.

• Include YOUR NAME, TEACHER'S LAST NAME and PERIOD NUMBER in the Subject line.

• In the message, please briefly describe your senior project (one to two sentences).

• Advanced Search Functions Across GALE, CQ, and EBSCO

2. Website Evaluation: 

• Critically evaluate a website you will cite in your senior project research paper.

• Use one of the 'Evaluating a Website' forms below. 

• Submit completed form to powayhslibrary@gmail.com. 

• Include in the Subject line your teacher's name and period number.                                    

• Evaluating a Website Form (.doc)

• Evaluating a Website Form (.txt)

• Evaluating a Website Example '07

• Evaluating a Website Example '08

• Criteria for Evaluating Web Documents (UCSD Library)

• Evaluating World Wide Web Information (Palomar College Library)

3. Catalog and Reference Room

• Access Reference material in the PHS library.

• Use the Catalog to locate books on your topic.

• Complete the Using the PHS Library Catalog and Reference Room form.

• If you need to browse the Reference Room, you might want to consult the Dewey Decimal Classification Chart.