World Lit 1 Informational Research Paper: Project Home

Look here first for news, magazine, and scholarly or academic journal articles.

Using a research database is a great way to find magazine, journal and news articles, as well as eBooks, recommended websites, primary sources and other reputable or scholarly information. 

You have access to many research databases through both Barrington High School and the public library.*  The databases on this page have been selected because they contain content that is most relevant to your research and topic. 

* If you can't remember the username/password to use the databases, see the QuickGuide to BHS Online.

Don't forget to check your local public library to see what other great resources your local library has to offer!

Database Search Tips:

• Start with general search terms (search terms are things like author, title, subject and keyword); this will not limit your results so quickly.
• Use limiters! Consider limiting your results to full-text so that when you find the perfect article, you can actually access the whole thing. Select more current results by limiting date. Get more scholarly results by selecting "peer-reviewed."
• As you begin to locate and review the materials your search produces, you can adjust your search terms accordingly.
• More general and fewer search terms will yield a higher number of results; more specific and a greater number of search terms will yield fewer and more focused results. 
• As you become more of an expert in your topic, your research will naturally become more focused.

A Book is a Book - eBooks are published books you can access online.