On this page:-

Formatting your paper Formatting Works Cited page Using the catalog Finding your books
Using eResources Creating citations Plagiarism Understanding Dewey
Whatever the product

paper, poster, PowerPoint presentation, movie ... a useful guide to doing research may be found here.

Writing a paper: Most teachers will expect you to use MLA style
Here's a video to help you with formatting your paper
You need a works cited page for your paper
Here's a video to help you with formatting your works cited page

A complete guide for formatting a paper and a works cited page MLA style is here.

A complete guide for formatting a paper and a works cited page APA style is here.

The standard writing rubric for CHS may be found here

Use the catalog to identify books that may be useful
Using the catalog
Locate your books
A video about how the library is arrranged
eResources
A very brief introduction to electronic resources
Creating or just finding citations

Cite the sources you used to find your information for all sorts of projects, not only papers.
There is a Citations guide to help you correctly cite the types of sources most commonly used in CHS Library. 

Citation generator or copy and paste.This is so easy, there is no excuse for not citing your sources
Plagiarism
This video from Common Craft explains what plagiarism is and how to avoid plagiarizing
Dewey Decimal system
Here's a video explaining the Dewey Decimal system
Sources of copyright free music and pictures for your project

If you are going to publish your work, it is easier to use copyright free images and music than to get permission to use stuff. Here are some useful sources

Picture sources Music sources
• MorgueFile • Purple Planet Royalty Free Music
• Wikimedia Commons • Kevin MacLeod’s incompetech
• Image Base

Updated March, 2012: TD