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Research and Inquiry

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  1. Bibliographies
  2. Note-making
  3. Search Engines
  4. Ms. Day's General Search Engine:
  5. School (Subscription) Databases
  6. National Library of Singapore

Bibliographies

 

Remember the basic information you need to keep track of for books and websites:

 

(click for a larger image)

 

 

Note-making

 

Use this document to help you record your research and re-write notes in your own words,

  BLANK_RESEARCH_NOTES_REWRITE_FORM.docx 

 

Search Engines

 

Ms. Day's General Search Engine:

Custom Search

Searches general information websites, suitable for primary school students, including:

Wikijunior Books,Simple Wikipedia, Yahoo Kids Reference, and Encarta

 

Another good general search engine for kids is

Or try the regular    

  --  it clusters search results into meaningful subcategories that you can choose from.

 

School (Subscription) Databases

 

 

(only available when on school computers)

 

 

Junior Encyclopaedia Britannica

 

 Encyclopaedia Britannica

 

 (only available when on school computers -- unless you get a username/password to use from Ms. Day)

                           

Junior School Kids Page

 

Secondary School Library Collection

 (only available when on school computers -- unless you get a username/password to use from Ms. Day)

 

 

SIRS Knowledge Source 

[NB: this is intended for secondary school students,

so you may find it a bit difficult]

 

 

National Library of Singapore

 

       Search NLB online catalog (OPAC)

for books

 

NB: You must have an NLB library card to borrow books.

 

Go to the list of NLB digital library databases for children

 

NB: You now DO have to a member of the library to use these,

You also need to register to be a Digital Library user.

See Ms. Day for more information.

Try these databases:

 

A good general database for lower primary school students is

EBSCOHost Searchasaurus

 

Some good general databases for upper primary students is

EBSCHost Primary Search Premier

Grolier -- The New Book of Knowledge

 

Some good general databases for middle/secondary school students is

EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier

EBSCOHost MAS Ultra - Public Library Edition

ProQuest Research Library

 

 

 

(Upper primary and secondary school students, see also Research Tools for Older Students)

 

(Extended Essay students, see the EE UWCSEA wiki)

 

 

 

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