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South High School Library Home Page: Research Help

Passwords to Subscription Databases

  • Please use the Clever app to access databases. 
  • Under your teachers' pages look for: 
  • Research tools are listed as a category and passwords are at the top of the page if neededz.

District Provided Databases

You will find your library resources in Clever. Either go to  on your iPad or to https://clever.com/in/omaha

 

When in Clever scroll down to OPS Library Media Services Resources(District) then, depending on your needs click on a database:

  • Britannica School--General Information 
  • Gale--use the Middle School Database for Newspaper and Magazine articles, Videos, Images, Primary Sources, Reference Sources. Current events and historical events included. 
  • Biography Reference Center--for research on a person
  • Points of View Reference Center--for topics that might have pro/con articles
  • Science and Technology

Inquiry Process

 

Evaluating Web Sites Video

Types of Web Resources

Online Databases

Online Databases are a group of web subscription resources that the library has selected for patrons use.  The library pays the cost of the subscription to ensure that patrons have reliable resources to easily use.  Online Databases have been evaluated by the librarians to ensure their content is current, relevant, and meets the needs of the widest variety of patrons.  Online databases include encyclopedias, magazines, eBooks, and reference materials.  Patrons can use the information, pictures, diagrams, and videos found on the databases with confidence knowing that the information is of the highest quality.

 

Search Engines

A search engine is a web site that collects and organizes content from all over the internet. Those wishing to locate something enter a term for what they would like to find and the engine provides links to websites that have the same term somewhere on the website.  The problem with search engines is that the pages suggested are not selected for quality or relevance to what the person is looking for the suggestion is solely based on the term the person uses and how the engine ranks the pages.  Search engines tend to return a large number of results with the most popular or best matches for your words at the top.  When using a search engine the web pages must be individually evaluated by the user.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a free, open content online encyclopedia created through the collaborative effort of a community of users known as Wikipedians . Anyone registered on the site can create an article for publication; registration is not required to edit articles. The site's name comes from wiki, a server program that enables anyone to edit Web site content through their Web browser.  Users of Wikipedia need to remember that anyone can edit the information on the site so all entries need to be carefully evaluated.

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