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Research Resources

Free BHS Library databases accessible for all students!
Looking for information for your research? Visit our digital resources here!
 
  1. Username: baldwin
  2. Password: library!25
  3. Click on "High School" icon
Username: baldwinhs
Password: library
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Gale in Context can be used for general subjects in high school, but can also be narrowed down to these specific topics.
  1. Gale in Context High School
  2. Gale in Context Opposing Viewpoints
To access, sign in with your State Google account.
A wealth of vetted articles supplemented by thousands of original source documents fosters advanced research and critical thinking skills and prepares students for continued growth!
My Research in Student or Advanced
• Log in or create a My World Book Account to access My Research
• Once you have logged in, users can save any World Book article or media to a My Research project.
> Select Tools
> Choose Save, then use the drop-down menu to save to an existing My Research Project or save to a new project
• Add websites to your list of resources to keep all of your reference materials in one place
• You can delete or annotate any entries you include under a project
• You can toggle between projects by selecting Switch Projects
• Rename, delete, or create projects using icons across the top
 
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Looking for help in checking your grammar or need help citing? View our writing resources here.
 

Grammarly assists you in checking your documents and essays for spelling and grammatical and punctuation accuracy before turning your essays to your teacher.  To use Grammarly, please follow these directions

Citefast.com is a citation generator. It is simple and free website to help you cite your sources properly. 
  1. Create an account (Hint: Citefast will save your list of citations)
    • Use your personal email address, NOT your school email address
  2. Click on the MLA or APA tab at the top 
  3. Choose the type of source you are citing (website/book/video/other)
  4. Copy and paste the link OR fill in any empty fields as much as possible
  5. Hit "save" and your citation will be added to your list
    • You can also add annotations to your citations
  6. To export your list, click on "copy/paste" button and paste your document 
    • You may need to edit spacing and font according to your teacher or National History Day requirements. 
  7. You can have a different tab for different bibliographies
    • Click the "+ Create a new bibliographies" on the right side
    • Name your bibliography
    • Choose your style 
    • Hit create "Create Bibliography"
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