AP Seminar Resources

On this page, students will find links and resources for success in AP Seminar.

 

AP Seminar Links

APA Style

Before viewing the tutorial, which is audio and visual, you will need to go to the resources tab and print a copy of the sample paper, the sample appendix and the sample reference. Basics of APA style

Weekly Grammar Exercises

ink to the Weekly Grammar Exercises we will use for SAT prep and for writing fluency. Towson University Online Writing Services

Grammar Bootcamp

Access the Grammar Boot Camp grammar ppt's and calendar that we are covering these first two weeks of school. Print them out, BUT when you print choose to print go down and change what you are printing. Choose to print slides and add 4-6 slides per page. It saves paper. Then choose OK to print.

Research Database

AP Seminar students should use this database for all research, not the EBSCOhost through the TOHS library. CollegeBoard's EBSCOhost link is currently not working. Go to the College Board Digital Portfolio to access at the bottom of the Overview section.

NoveList

Use your 14 digit City Library card barcode number to get into this database. Once in, you can find similar books to the ones you like or you can search databases based on Genre.

​Science Direct

USE THIS DATABASE FIRST. WE PAY FOR IT! You must create an account using your school email. www.sciencedirect.com
​AP Seminar and AP Research students log onto the College Board's Digital portfolio to upload Performance Tasks and Research-Based Investigations. College Board Digital Portfolio

 
 
 

TO Library Resources

​The City of Thousand Oaks library has the databases that Dr. Malhotra takes her students to CSUCI to access. This IS the best database you can use, so look here first.

The City of Thousand Oaks library provides free access to thousands of databases. You should look here before going to Google Scholar. This is an excellent resource for Census Data, Local Data, Social Science, etc.

Click on Catalog to search the library and see if the book you want is available for checkout. You can also scroll down and find Novelist, MagilonLiterature Plus and Literature Resource Center.

​PLOS

PLOS is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization founded to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. Public Library of Science

From the Public Library of Science (PLOS). Scroll 1/3 down the page to find the article. Tips for Becoming a Researcher and Finding a Mentor

PubMed Central®

PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). PubMed

Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. Google Scholar

TurnItIn

Before submitting any research paper, it must be submitted to Turnitin.com
Write down the 2017/2018 Class ID for
Mrs. Beaudoin: 16814871 & Mr. Haar: 16814896

 
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Other Resources

College Board’s EBSCOhost

AP Seminar students should use this database for all research, not the EBSCOhost through the TOHS library. CollegeBoard's EBSCOhost

Purdue’s Online Writing Lab

Use this website for help on anything and everything writing and research. Thesis, editing, argument, MLA/APA citations, etc. Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

Harvard Top 100 Book Titles

Great start for the Junior Term Paper, but make sure the author is American (most, but not all, are).

 
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Other Links

Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth

Features links to academic competitions, summer programs, etc. Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth

Internships

Look here for Ventura County job/internship information Ventura County Student Job/Internship Info

National Career Development Association

These links include many resources, services, and tools which assist users in exploring careers, planning for the future, searching for employment, and finding the additional training necessary to pursue a dream. Most of these resources are free. National Career Development Association

 
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College & Career

The Center College Planning page has resources for Center students.