Database
Collections of trusted (authoritative) articles for academic research. Weston High School pays for many excellent databases you can use for research.
Hint: databases make citations for you. Just copy and paste!!!
Article
A short piece in a magazine, journal (an academic magazine), book, or website. Notice the title of the article you're reading.
Encyclopedia
A collection of articles on a wide range of topics. Our encyclopedias are Britannica and Grolier.
Evaluate (analyze)
Answer questions to decide if a piece of information (an article or a website, etc.) is good for academic research. We teach students to use the C.R.A.P. analysis (evaluation). We don't require you to do a CRAP analysis on every piece of information you use. We do ask that you ask yourself these questions when deciding to use an article or website for your research paper.
C=Currency When was the article written?
Is it outdated (too old to use)?
It is current (recent enough that information is good)?
R=Relevance Does the article answer your question?
Is it a good reading level for you?
A=Authority Why do you trust the author?
Who is the author?
Why did the author write it?
P=Purpose Why was the article written?
For whom is the article written?
Citation (cite)
A note with information about the publisher, author, title, year of publication, and sometimes URL of a book, article or website you used while researching your paper. The action of making a citation is "to cite" (you cite an article.) Think of a citation as an address for a book, article or website. The information in your citation lets your reader do two things: find the resource and decide if they trust it.
Bibliography (biblio = book graphy = writing) or "works cited"
A list of citations of all the articles, books and websites you used for a paper.
