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St. Louis
​research project

St Louis News Sources:

St. Louis Post Dispatch
KMOV 4 
KDNL (ABC)
KTVI Fox 2 Now
KMOX CBS St. Louis
KSDK 5 On Your Side
The Riverfront Times
KWMU STL Public Radio

Boolean Search Tips:

Use "quotation marks" to search for an exact phrase.
  • "climate change"
Use OR to broaden your search to find related terms
  • female OR women
Use AND to search for sites that include more than one specific term, but not necessarily in the same phrase.
  • poverty AND education
Use NOT to exclude a specific term.
  • president NOT vice
Use (parentheses) to combine the modifiers above in a complex search.
  • (college OR university) AND (engineering NOT robotics)

Citing Your Sources:

My Bib: a tool for creating citation, with no ads!
  • Click on the green button to get started
  • When the citation is complete, click on the 3 dots and "copy bibliography entry" to copy & paste into your doc.
  • ​See a video tutorial HERE.

Questions about Citation? 
  • Citing a Website
  • ​Works Cited Page

Essay Requirements:

  • 3-4 pages
  • 5 sections, including an introduction and conclusion
  • Times New Roman font, size 12, double spaced
  • Centered title
  • Last name and page number in top right header
  • In-text citations following the "rule of three"
  • Works Cited page
  • At least 3 sources from 2 different news organizations
st_louis_research_packet.pdf
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