Looking for reliable websites? Search Engines for Students
Webpath Express is a search engine set up for school research to provide you with many of the best sources, all chosen by expert educational researchers and teachers. Save time and search here!
Sweet Search is another search engine just for students. Use this source and see your search terms highlighted within the text. This site often provides sources that will be well suited for middle and high school students.
Sweet Search is another search engine just for students. Use this source and see your search terms highlighted within the text. This site often provides sources that will be well suited for middle and high school students.
Databases for Students
NC WiseOwl is an academic database that provides online subscription services for the school. It is easily searchable and its online collection contains a number of newspapers, journals, magazines, and reference works.
Gale Cengage is an excellent resource for secondary students http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=wake_ywlead
ALL WCPSS Resources: Use this site's table to scroll down and learn about all the paid databases for your use.
Gale Cengage is an excellent resource for secondary students http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=wake_ywlead
ALL WCPSS Resources: Use this site's table to scroll down and learn about all the paid databases for your use.
Library Catalog
Destiny is our online library catalog. You can search for books in our collection here.
Watch this neat video that will help you understand how to integrate "quotes" into your paper.
Watch this neat video that will help you understand how to integrate "quotes" into your paper.
These videos are great to help you answer some of your research questions. The link will download and then you can click on the player to access the videos.
How to get and use free images the RIGHT way in class by Matt Miller
- Photos For Class (photosforclass.com) One way to be sure you’re fairly giving credit to the author of Creative Commons images is to use Photos For Class. This site finds images from Flickr’s hundreds of thousands of Creative Commons images and automatically embeds the attribution information (i.e. author, website where it was found, link, license, etc.). The photo to the left is an example from Photos For Class. This way, even very young students can use Creative Commons images in a responsible way. Flickr is blocked at school but you are able to use at home.
- Google Apps (drive.google.com) – Google gives users quick access to add a Creative Commons image to a document, slide presentation or drawing in Google Apps. Insert an image (Use “Insert > Image …” from the menu or the image icon). Then select “Search” from the tabs at the top. These images insert directly into your Google file without having to leave to go to another website.
- PhotoPin (photopin.com) – PhotoPin was built to give bloggers access to quality Creative Commons photos, but it can be used by anyone. It does access images through Flickr so it will be blocked at school.
- EveryStockPhoto (everystockphoto.com) – This site pulls photos from a variety of Creative Commons sources.
Creative Commons images aren’t the only ones students can use in their work. Photos labeled“public domain” have even fewer restrictions. Public domain photos can be inserted into any work without need for any attribution. Some sources of public domain images:
- Pixabay (pixabay.com) – This site contains a variety of types of images, ranging from clip art to original photos, that are labeled “public domain.”
- Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org) – Wikimedia Commons’s well-known cousin, Wikipedia, is a free, open-source encyclopedia of sorts. Wikimedia Commons does the same for different types of media. All of Wikimedia Commons’s media is free to use under Creative Commons licenses or public domain, depending on the image.
Citation:
Miller, Matt. "How to get and use free images the RIGHT way in class." Ditch That Texbook. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Sept. 2015. <http://ditchthattextbook.com/2015/09/04/ how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class/>
Foter is also another great site to use for photos: http://foter.com/blog/how-to-attribute-creative-commons-photos/