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Unit 3: Lesson 2
To begin your research, open a new document that will be turned in
later as part of your rough draft portfolio.
Connexus provides excellent resources that you can use to find
reliable research information such as EBSCO,
Discovery Education, and Grolier Online. For example, on your home
page, select the “Links” tab and then
select the link called “EBSCO.”
In EBSCO, please select “Student Research Center – High School
& Middle School.”
Using key words from your prompt, find five sources of research
using the search box near the top of the
screen. If you’re struggling to find relevant research, then use this
guide to search for research
When you found a source you think might work, click the title in the
search results list to be taken to the article.
Be sure to preview your articles to be sure they will be good for
writing your research portfolio later. If you
think you have a good source, copy and paste the Persistent Link or
Permalink into your document. You will
need these links later for the research portfolio AND your works cited
page.
Remember to save your document.
To understand how to find reliable sources, format these sources, and
create a works cited page, please join us
for our weekly LiveLesson sessions or watch the recordings posted on
the Message Boards. These will be your