Resources for
Finding Fact in Fiction

• School Library holdings
  • Do a keyword search in Destiny to find nonfiction and reference books about your topic
  • Use indexes or tables of contents to locate information related to your topic and questions
  • Check the indexes of print and CD ROM encyclopedias
  • Locate periodicals (newspapers and magazines) with articles about your topic
• Public Library holdings
  • Do a keyword search in the BCPL Catalog

• Using Books and Nonprint
• Using Print and CD ROM Encyclopedias
• Using the BCPL Online Catalog
  

• Do a keyword search using Google (or another general search engine) or in one of the BCPS Fee-based Information Databases

Be sure to evaluate the Internet sources you find before using information from those sources!

• Search Strategies

• Click here for a printable Quality Information Checklist
• Click here for a mini-lesson on evaluating Internet sources