Hingham High School Library Media Center
  • Home
  • Research Guide
  • Research
    • ADL
    • American Authors
    • Atom Bomb
    • Biology Final Project
    • Cold Cases
    • Hero/Villain
    • Hingham in WWII
    • Persuasive Speech
    • Imperialism
    • Lit Crit
    • Middle East Debate
    • NHD
    • Orientation
    • Protest Art
    • Fine Arts Resources
    • Renaissance
    • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Sr Capstone
  • Google Grammar
  • Web Resources
    • Social Studies Resources
    • General Reference Resources
    • Science Resources
    • Foreign Language Resources >
      • Puritan Research
    • English Resources
    • Business Resources
  • About
  • LMC Schdule and teacher sign up
  • Books and Banter
  • HHS LOTW
  • 2014 Summer REading
  • TVP2/3
  • New Fiction
  • New Nonfiction
  • LMC Orientation
  • tagtest
  • FAKE NEWS
  • AP Seminar
  • Home
  • Research Guide
  • Research
    • ADL
    • American Authors
    • Atom Bomb
    • Biology Final Project
    • Cold Cases
    • Hero/Villain
    • Hingham in WWII
    • Persuasive Speech
    • Imperialism
    • Lit Crit
    • Middle East Debate
    • NHD
    • Orientation
    • Protest Art
    • Fine Arts Resources
    • Renaissance
    • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Sr Capstone
  • Google Grammar
  • Web Resources
    • Social Studies Resources
    • General Reference Resources
    • Science Resources
    • Foreign Language Resources >
      • Puritan Research
    • English Resources
    • Business Resources
  • About
  • LMC Schdule and teacher sign up
  • Books and Banter
  • HHS LOTW
  • 2014 Summer REading
  • TVP2/3
  • New Fiction
  • New Nonfiction
  • LMC Orientation
  • tagtest
  • FAKE NEWS
  • AP Seminar

HHS Research Guide

I. Introduction
     A. Purpose
     B. Essential Info
     C. Terms

  II.      Research Skills

     A. Choosing a topic
     B.The Topic-o-rama
     C. Source types
     D. Choosing valid sources
     E. Use the CARSS method
    F. HHS note taking strategies
    G. Google Search Tips
III.       Research project
     A. Your thesis statement
       1. Thesis generator
       
    B. Outlining your project
       1.The Hamburger method (body paragraphs)
       2. Outline graphic organizer (body paragraphs)
       3. Whole paper outline with intro and conclusion  
    C.Writing a research paper
       1.HHS Survival Guide to writing
       2.Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing
      3.Paraphrasing 

   D.Citation
      1. MLA Citation (English)

      2. APA Citation (Science)
      3.Chicago Citation (may be required by some Social Studies faculty)
   


      

  





IV. Subject Specific Information
    A. English
       1. Freshmen English research paper guidelines(sample)
        2. Sample of MLA style paper
    B. Science
        1.Freshmen Biology Research presentation guidelines
        2.Sample Freshmen Bio project
        3.Sample APA style paper
        
  C.Social Studies
        1.Freshmen Social Studies research paper guidelines (sample)
        2.Sample of Chicago style paper (if requested by faculty) 





Last updated May 30, 2018 
Katy Gallagher-Woolley
kgallagher@hinghamschools.org