Welcome! Please scroll down to find research and writing aids, as well as handouts and other miscellaneous documents. Click on the underlined name of the file or link to view the content. Can't find something? Check the assignments pages or send Ms. Engelbrecht an email.

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Good Research Search Engines and Sources...

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Opposing Viewpoints in Context- Gale 

JSTOR Reference Library

Public Broadcasting Service 

NPR

New York Times

British Broadcasting Company 

Southern Poverty Law Center

Britannica Academic

Google Scholar

The Wall Street Journal

 

Podcast, TedTalk, Documentary, & Columnist Recommendation List

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Not sure if you picked a good research source? When in doubt, refer to your California State University's CRAAP Test for Research Resources.

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Not sure how to refine a Google Search? Too many options? Please check out the How to Refine a Google Search Video.

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Los Alamos High School Library Page.

The password for Gale and JSTOR is "toppers." 

The username and password for Encyclopedia Britannica Academic is "toppers." 

For periodical (NY Times, The Week, etc.) passwords, please see this LAHS Library Password Spreadsheet. 

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Academic Honesty in Research and Writing

In addition to picking your research sources wisely, you should also take care to give credit to those sources. According to the LAHS Student Handbook, "Plagiarism, copying, cheating, and/or presenting material as one’s own when it is not, including materials undocumented from the internet, are dishonest…The consequence of academic dishonesty includes an automatic zero for the assignment or test which may lead to an F for the term and/or an F for the semester." (“Student Handbook” 11). For clarification, “three different acts are considered plagiarism: (1) failing to cite quotations and borrowed ideas, (2) failing to enclose borrowed language in quotation marks, and (3) failing to put summaries and paraphrases in your own words” (Hacker 107).

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MLA Format and Citation 

Works Cited

Bibliography/Works Cited Cheat Sheet

Purdue Owl Citation Guide

MLA Paper & Works Cited Page Format Instructions

Parenthetical/In-Text Citations

In-Text (Parenthetical) Citation & Evidence Cheat

Sheet

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography Instructions & Example

Annotated Bibliography Template

Hacker MLA Guide- Avoiding Plagiarism

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Timed Writing Aides

Rubrics

AP Timed Writing Rubric- Q1 Synthesis

AP Timed Writing Rubric- Q2 Rhetorical Analysis

AP Timed Writing Rubric- Q3 Open Argument

Tips for Timed Writing Format

Timed Writing Thesis Statement Notes

Track your Timed Writings Data Sheet