6th Grade Language Arts - Immigration Research: Databases

 Usernames and passwords are needed if accessing these databases from home. (See your printed Database Pathfinder or Student Agenda (assignment pad) or ask Media Center staff for username/password information.)

Articles from these databases can be printed out, saved on your personal drive (My Documents) or a flash drive, or e-mailed home.

   Research in Context  (Reference, newspaper, magazine articles, audio, images)

• see page 21/22 of your student agenda for username/password if needed
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SIRS Discoverer: (Reference and news/magazine articles)

• SORT: Leave Sort by Relevance (the default) selected.
  
  
• KEYWORDS: Select Keyword/Natural Language and enter your keywords.
  

• CHOOSE ARTICLE: Browse article Titles and Summaries to choose a good article on your topic.

• CITATION INFO:  Get citation information by clicking Source & Summary at the top of the screen.

• EMAIL/SAVE: Type your EMAIL address in box at top of article and click the Send Email button to send home. You must copy/paste text to a WORD doc to SAVE or PRINT an article.

World Book:  (Reference articles)   

• SELECT DATABASE:  Select World Book Student.
   
• KEYWORDS: Type your keywords in the search box. Click Search.
  
  
• ARTICLE TYPE: Click on Encyclopedia Articles on left of screen.  Browse article titles for your topic.

• CITATION INFORMATION:  At bottom of article in this format: Author Name. “Title of Article”. Database Name. Database Company, Publication date. Web. Today’s date.
  
  
• EMAIL/SAVE: Tools box at top of article: Email article home or Save on USB/H drive.

WAMS Research Guide

Use this guide to help you with your research skills and tools.