Hum 4 Final Paper Research

Welcome Seniors, to one of your last big projects at BAA! 

Here are some resources and helpful links to get you going...

Finding Sources

Click image to Explore Google Arts And Culture

Recommended databases: 

For finding art pieces and coming up with ideas for your group:

• Google Arts and Culture Databases
• Google Arts and Culture for Performing Arts

For getting deeper information about your artists, their movements, and the world they lived in. 

Use the password "fenway" to access Gale databases from home.

• Gale in Context Biography
• Gale in Context World History
• Gale in Context High School
• Gale in Context Global Issues
• ARTSTOR (through the Boston Public Library, you'll need your library card and PIN to access, ask Ms. Marz or Ms. Shattuck for your information)
• JSTOR (through the Boston Public Library, you'll need your library card and PIN to access, ask Ms. Marz or Ms. Shattuck for your information)
• Grove Art Online (through the Boston Public Library, you'll need your library card and PIN to access, ask Ms. Marz or Ms. Shattuck for your information)

For getting analyses of your art pieces or artists by other scholars. 

Use the password "fenway" to access Gale databases from home.

• Gale OneFile Fine Arts 
• Gale OneFile Popular Culture
• ARTSTOR (through the Boston Public Library, you'll need your library card and PIN to access, ask Ms. Marz or Ms. Shattuck for your information)
• JSTOR (through the Boston Public Library, you'll need your library card and PIN to access, ask Ms. Marz or Ms. Shattuck for your information)
• Grove Art Online (through the Boston Public Library, you'll need your library card and PIN to access, ask Ms. Marz or Ms. Shattuck for your information)

Video tutorials on how to use the Library Databases:

• How to use the topic finder and Advanced Search to narrow your research
• How to use the Topic Finder to explore Search Terms
• How to Highlight and take Notes in the Article
• How to send an article to Google Drive

eBooks:

• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Sora (search for Boston Public Schools, your login is your bostonK12 email).

Boston Public Library Resources:

• Books available through the BPL on Functionalism
• Books available through the BPL on Marxism
• Books Available through the BPL on Feminism

Getting Writing Help

The library is open and able to help with research, writing, and proofreading your essay! It's a great place to meet with your group. 

Come join us after school Mon-Thurs 3:00-5:00 and Fridays from 12:40 PM- 3:00 PM. Depending on the day, we may have academic tutors available who would love to look at your project! You can also always ask Ms. Marz or Ms. Shattuck for help and we will be there for you.

Creating Citations

• All articles in the recommended databases will create the citation for you. Look at the bottom of the article for the "MLA Citation".
• KnightCite can create citations for you, you can input the information about the book, article, or webpage.
• Purdue OWL explains how to create citations for all kinds of sources

Make sure you create your citations in MLA style!

Determining Reliability

Use the CRAAP test to decide if a source from Google is reliable:

• Currency
• Relevancy
• Accuracy
• Authority
• Purpose

Click here for a blank CRAAP test worksheet.

Check out these other useful ways to evaluate sources.