Resources for Research
**if a password is requested, use our school mascot in all lower-case letters
Student Resources in Context - This next-generation portal reaches out to today’s learners with a Web-like user experience, which intuitively conveys needed information on all core subjects from Science to Literature to History. From the eye-catching, media-rich homepage to the fast navigation options, Student Resources in Context helps students develop both research and critical-thinking skills while covering the spectrum of student-focused subject matter.
Student Research in Context - This database is a companion to Gale Student Resources in Context, but with articles more appropriate for middle school students.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context - is an online resource covering today's hottest social issues. Students can explore issues from all perspectives through topic overviews, periodical articles, viewpoint essays, primary source documents. biographies of social activists and reformers, court-case overviews, images and links to podcasts.
Biography in Context - contains biographies covering more than 525,000 individuals in reference books, periodicals, primary sources and selected websites.
Gale eBooks for Research
EBSCOhost - provides access to a large collection of periodical indexes and databases.
For home access - click here username = bycsd password = home
Google Scholar - Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Websites to Research Controversial Issues
Pro Con.org
Opposing Views
Cerritos College Library Guides
Student Friendly News Sites:
News.Net
Newsela
Sites for Public Domain Images:
Openclipart
Pixabay (images with the Shutterstock watermark across them are NOT free)
Student Research in Context - This database is a companion to Gale Student Resources in Context, but with articles more appropriate for middle school students.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context - is an online resource covering today's hottest social issues. Students can explore issues from all perspectives through topic overviews, periodical articles, viewpoint essays, primary source documents. biographies of social activists and reformers, court-case overviews, images and links to podcasts.
Biography in Context - contains biographies covering more than 525,000 individuals in reference books, periodicals, primary sources and selected websites.
Gale eBooks for Research
EBSCOhost - provides access to a large collection of periodical indexes and databases.
For home access - click here username = bycsd password = home
Google Scholar - Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Websites to Research Controversial Issues
Pro Con.org
Opposing Views
Cerritos College Library Guides
Student Friendly News Sites:
News.Net
Newsela
Sites for Public Domain Images:
Openclipart
Pixabay (images with the Shutterstock watermark across them are NOT free)