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Cranston High School West Library: Do Research

ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases

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eHRAF Database

Click the image above for World Cultures.

Click here for the complete product page.

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Psychology Collection

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History Reference Center

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Newsela

News articles for War & Peace, Science, Law, Health etc with different Lexile levels, writing prompts and quizzes.

Gale eBooks

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Gale in Context: Literature

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Bloom's Literature

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Literary Reference Center

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All GALE Product Subscriptions

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Digital Theatre+

Access through Clever.

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Classroom Video on Demand

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Issues Researcher

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Points of View

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Gale Science in Context

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Gale in Context: Environmental Studies

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Health and Wellness

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Exploring Nature (Educator Resources)

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Science News

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Science Daily

My Bib - To Create a Works Cited Page

MyBib Instructions

Directions for creating a Works Cited page in MyBib

  1. Create or log into your account
  2. Start New Project
  3. Name the Project
  4. Add Citations (+Citations)
  • Website
  • Copy and paste URL
  • Click on website result
  • Try to find missing or incorrect information in website article
  • Click “Save”
  • Book with one Author
  • Click Book Tab
  • Type in ISBN number
  • Click on correct title
  • Click “Save”
  • Chapter in a Book
  • Find under “More”
  • Choose “Book Chapter”
  • Fill in information
  • Click "Save"
  • Database/E-Book articles
  • Copy formatted citation from database
  • Find under “More”
  • Choose Write/paste
  • Paste
  • Click “Save”
  1. When you are finished adding all citations 
  2. “Download Bibliography”
  3. Download to Google Drive
  4. Copy and paste the Works Cited page into your paper

Gale Biography

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Biography Reference Center

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CultureGrams

CultureGrams is a resource that contains cultural information on hundreds of countries.

Ask in the West library or e-mail sevje@cpsed.net for login.

World Book Online

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Explora

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EBSCO Databases

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Academic Search Elite

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