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South Side High School: Extended Essay

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The Extended Essay

The Extended Essay is an independent, self-directed, research project completed by IB Diploma candidates. Candidates complete their Projects by December of senior year. This work is done under the supervision of a teacher-mentor and may be done in any of the IB subject area courses.

PLEASE JOIN THE LIBRARY CLASSSROOM CODE 24YG7TG TO ACCESS THE PASSWORDS FOR ALL DATABASES.

For JSTOR you can register with Google to create your own account. For Proquest, you can also create your own account.

Books - Print books, e-books and your local library

To open an e-book you will need to login. On the back of your student ID is your 9 digit ID number. This ID number is your user name AND your password.

Ex.:

 

Topics covered in our e-books and link to the e-book collection:

American Revolution, Civil Rights, Civil War, Cold War, Cuba, Dictators/Presidents/Leaders, Feminism/Women's Rights, French Revolution, Gay Rights, Genocides, Iran, Iraq, The Gulf Wars, Korean War, Marshall Plan, Latin America/Mexico, Robber Barons, Russia, Title IX, Vietnam War.

Google Scholar and Unpaywall

Get free scholarly content from Google Scholar

Unpaywall is a free browser extension from Google Chrome that enables searcher to legally access full text research papers from its open access content. Download the free extension from the Web Store on Google Chrome. Then go to Google or Google scholar and  search for an article. You will see a tab on the right side of the screen with a picture of a lock. If the box is green, the article is free. If the box is grey, the article is not available for free.

Science Health Websites

What databases should you use to research your topic?

ALL TOPICS:

JSTOR - You can create your own user name and password once  you have logged on using the school passwords.

Proquest

Opposing Viewpoints

GALE: HIGH SCHOOL IN CONTEXT

ENGLISH:

Gale Literature Resource Center -  Use for Literary Criticism. Visit the RCPL website to use this database. You will need  your library card handy for the barcode number. If you don't have a library card, see Mrs. McGuire for the school library card number.

HISTORY:

History in Dispute - Addresses heavily debated questions in history by offering different critical perspectives.

Historical Background Information - Use ABC Clio databases.

World History in Context

MARKETING:  Class guide with links marketing research websites and surveys 

SCIENCE:

Science in Context - Reference, videos, journal and magazine articles.

Today's Science

Newspapers and Magazines

Proquest Major Dailies:

You will need the password for the database. All passwords can be found on the library's google classroom. Join code: 24yg7tg

Major  papers include:

Gale Databases:

Infotrac Newstand -.

Popular Magazines

How to choose/read a research article

Citation Help

          APA or MLA Citation guides - how to cite,  when to cite and in-text citation guides.

More Citation Help

Take notes, create an outline and link it to your source for citations' .Click here to learn how to Create an account,  Citations, Note Cards and Outlines

Extended Essay Guides and EE Examples

Writing Help

Not sure what to say? Use these sentence transitions helpers

Need help organizing your paper try the OWL Writing Center from Purdue