The Lili and Jon Bosse Family Library at Beverly Hills High School is a welcoming space for learning, collaboration, and discovery. Designed to serve the entire Norman community, the library offers students a place to research, read, study, and create. With extensive print and digital collections, modern technology, and dedicated staff, it supports both academic excellence and a lifelong love of learning, helping every student make each day well lived.
Monday: 7:30 – 4:30
Tuesday: 7:30 – 4:30
Wednesday: 7:30 – 4:30
Thursday: 7:30 – 4:30
Friday: 7:30 – 4:30
There are many former Normans who have published books. We have included a list of their works below:
BHHS Alumni Collection
Plan your research before you choose a database!
You can use this Research Planning Worksheet (click Use Template in the upper right corner when it opens).
Guide to developing a research question (NSU Florida)
Ask a Reference Librarian
Be ready to cite your sources using these Citation Tools and Guides
- RRKnightCite Ad-free citation service for MLA, APA, Chicago styles
- NoodleTools: Ad-free citation service for MLA, APA, Chicago styles
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): 200 research and writing resources, including citation style guides
- CiteFast: Ad-free citation service for MLA, APA, Chicago styles
- MyBib- Citation generator, many styles; free
- EasyBib: Citation service for thousands of styles; only MLA is free
- Referencing AI-generated content in MLA style
- Citing Generative AI in MLA style
Databases
**To access all databases, newspapers, and balanced news subscriptions complete the Library Password Request Form. You will receive an automatic email reply with the information you need.**
ProQuest | High school level. Search results bring multiple types of results including; Journals, video, audio, books, articles. Not broken down by topic. Both primary and secondary sources Save to Google Drive in a general ProQuest folder. | AP Course Level Research (all subjects) |
JSTOR | Academic articles, journals, book reports and images. College level Majority primary sources Save to JStor account under workspace. | AP Course Level Research (all subjects) |
GALE | Geared for high school. Separated by topic making the search more efficient. You can change the reading level of the articles. More diverse selection of sources; podcasts, audio, articles, journals, magazines, videos, websites and statistics (graphs) Not as many primary sources.Save Google Drive into a specific topic folder. | History, Economics, or Psychology Controversial Issues Science English Literature, World Literature |
Google Scholar | Journals, Articles and Case Law by CourtWhat is Google Scholar? | AP Course Level Research (all subjects) |
Newspapers Understanding Bias | ||
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Ground News | Easily compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms. | |
AllSides | Balanced news, media bias ratings, diverse perspectives. | |
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ProQuest | Academic Video Online Curated, discipline-focused, primary-source collections, websites, and streaming media for learning and research. | |
Google Arts and Culture | What is Google Arts and Culture? Content from over 2000 leading museums and archives | |
Britannica School | Brittanica School Features thousands of reliable and up-to-date articles, images, videos, and primary sources on a diverse range of subjects.Plus writing and research help tools. | |
myShakespeare | myShakespeare.comFull text editions and more! |
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is passing off someone else's work as your own. This could be work in the form of words, art, data, or ideas.
You may be plagiarizing if you....
Submit another person's work as your own.
Buy your paper from a website or another source.
Do not cite where you find your information.
Use AI to write your paper for you.
How can I avoid plagiarism?
Always give credit to the original source.
Use quotation marks when directly quoting someone.
Paraphrase correctly and cite the source.
Check your work with plagiarism detection tools.
URL: https://libguides.sjsu.edu/plagiarism
Guidelines for AI
The summer reading lists for 2025 are linked below.