LibGuides: 8th Grade UN Sustainable Goals Research: Home

Guidelines for Research

1) Search the databases and websites linked below for your topic. Make note of related keywords to broaden your search in databases, ie. "sustainable fisheries" and "ocean acidification" for researching the Goal 14, Life Below Water.

2) When using a search engine to find additional sources, be critical of the sources you find.

Use the ABCs of website evaluation to determine if the source is credible:

A = Authority Who is the author or which organization created the website?

B = Bias Is the website biased by its creator's purpose or mission? What can you tell about the purpose of the site based on the domain name (.com, .edu, .gov, .org)?

C = Current Content Was the content created recently enough for your research needs?

3) You might find it useful to take notes in NoodleTools. Use your RPCS email to log in.

Please email Ms. Fox or visit her in the library if you need help!

Databases

Environmental Studies in Context This link opens in a new window
Gale Environmental Studies in Context contains journal articles, magazine articles, and other resources on issues ranging from global warming, to food safety, to access to health care, to the impact of economic development on international relations, today's important environmental issues are shaping the future and reach far beyond the United States.

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Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new window
Global Issues In Context supports global awareness and provides a global perspective while tying together a wealth of authoritative content. Integrating news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more in a single searchGlobal Issues In Context is updated daily and offers 250 different country topic pages and more than 400 Issue pages.

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Gale In Context High School This link opens in a new window
Gale In Context High School offers cross-curricular content aligned to national and state curriculum standards and reinforces the development of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. Learners can access news content including full-text newspapers and periodicals like The Economist, The New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, Popular Science, Smithsonian, and more. Empower learning with hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio selections that include archival film clips, broadcast video, BBC News, New York Times video, and NPR.

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Websites

PBS NewsHour
Via Public Broadcasting, features video commentary on a range of current topics
Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues
Via ProCon.org, this non-profit/non-partisan organization's website offers a large range of topics with arguments for and against.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. The Goals interconnect and in order to leave no one behind, it ís important that we achieve each Goal and target by 2030. Click on any specific Goal below to learn more about each issue.

Streaming Video

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