Cite this for Me
Bibliography and works cited pages are a critical way to help students avoid this.
What is plagiarism?
A short series of book “commercials” presented by librarians or students.
What are book talks?
A searchable electronic catalog or index of vetted research materials.
What is a database?
These research professionals are available to meet with teachers to help plan research projects and build project-specific research guides.
Who are librarians?
A word or series of words that help in the search for information on a research topic
What are keywords?
This yearly award is selected by students in the Germantown Campus Lower School
What is the Gryphonbery?
The most common type of citation format used at St. Georges.
What is MLA?
A fun activity to allow students to sample a variety of books.
What are book tastings?
A collection of online databases that is free for Tennessee residents, and has a kids section.
What is the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL - tntel.info)?
Library resources are accessible via which St. George’s website.
What is Veracross Portals?
A skill that students need to apply when conducting “Google” research.
What is Internet Evaluation?
A book gathering at the lower school for girls and their mothers or special friends.
What is the Mother/Daughter Book Club?
The most common form of punctuation in the MLA 8 citation format.
What is a comma?
A “Good Reads” style book tracking website for elementary students.
What is Biblionasium?
This online, general reference source is a great place for students to begin their research.
What is WorldBook (or Britannica or Online Encyclopedias)?
The searchable online source that identifies all the library materials
What is the library catalog (Destiny)?
Student-generated statements that are critical to guide them in their research prior to creating a thesis statement.
What are essential questions (aka, guiding questions or research questions)?
Trivia-based book competition for Middle School students.
What is Battle of the Books?
An online resource that provides note-taking and bibliography tools to help students with creating their research projects
What is NoodleTools?
An online resource that provides book read-alikes and book lists for readers.
What is Novelist?
This collection of e-books can be used by elementary teachers and students at school or home.
What is Tumblebooks?
A great way to present students with relevant resources a pathfinder-like format.
What is a LibGuide?
A mnemonic device to help remember the elements of Internet Evaluation
What is the CRAAP (Currency, Relevancy, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose) test?
A group of students in the Upper School who meet as part of the Harry Potter Alliance
What is the Hippogryphon Army?
Apogee is an example of what kind of tool to help students with bibliographic citations.
What is a citation generator extension?
The library practice of guiding readers to their ideal book recommendations
What is Reader's Advisory?
A collection of streaming educational videos that are free to use in your classroom and searchable in the online library catalog
What is Classroom Video on Demand?
The best time to collaborate with librarians on research projects, giving them time to gather and/or purchase resources.
When is before you assign the project to students?
These reference books (distinct from general encyclopedias) are excellent sources for students.
What is a specialized encyclopedia?
Which of the four Harry Potter houses is not represented among the SGIS librarians
What is Ravenclaw?