BCI’s Library/Learning Commons
HHS4M1 - Independent Study - Mrs. Topos
Quite simply ... the better and more thorough your research ... the better your final product will be and so ... you
will receive a higher mark!!! So let’s find the best places to do that research!!
The FIRST place you should start is the school’s Virtual Library (which you can access from home too):
Virtual Library Homepage
http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/cat.asp?schoolNo=4116
Our library has access to a number of online databases:
Online Databases
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Provide credible, current, accurate and valid information
They are arranged to make research faster and easier
Online databases are easy to cite, often the citation is provided
You can email, print or save to your flash drive the information you find
Some databases that might help you are:
Canadian Points of View
Global Issues in Context
You are welcome to try others, but those two are your BEST bet!!
We also have a lot of resources geared just to your subject area:
Secondary Subjects
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Links to websites and organizations related to your subject area
Amazing resource to find information quickly!
Social Sciences and Humanities
Some resources that may help you are:
The Vanier Institute of the Family
Canadian Social Trends
There are more which you can try but again, these are your best bets!
We don’t have a LOT of books on your subjects but we do have some! Using the library catalogue will help you find
them.
Library Catalogue
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This helps you to find BOOKS!
Type in the search box the topic or subject you are looking for.
Once you’ve exhausted your options on the school library website another wonderful site for you to try is called
Knowledge Ontario. These resources are free to anyone with an Ontario IP address!
Knowledge Ontario Databases http://eresources.knowledgeontario.ca/?cat=21
There are several databases that you can access here but we’re going to show you the ones where you can find the
BEST information for this assignment.
These 5 databases are going to have the MOST information for your project – they have access to academic
journals, magazine articles and all that other GOOD stuff that Mrs. Topos is looking for.
Finally, the Toronto Public Library has a TON of books and online databases
that might be helpful, all you need access this information is a Library card!
If you don’t have one, go to your local branch with some ID and proof of
residency in Toronto and you can get one FREE!!
TPL Research & Online Databases
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http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/books-video-
Once you are done all your research it’s important to bring it all together including proper citations and work cited
lists. In the Social Sciences, the tradition is the use APA format but you should double check with your teacher
which style she prefers. Our Virtual Library can once again assist you with this:
Virtual Library
http://www.tdsb.on.ca/libraries/cat.asp?schoolNo=4116
Research Toolkit
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Where you will find all the tools you need for research – start to finish!
Some of the best sources to help you are:
Citation Machine - Makes a citation for you – you just enter the information and then cut and paste!
Student Research Guide - LOTS of information for all subjects including ‘how to write a report’, citations,
editing, note taking sheets and much, much more!!