1. Open MegaSearch
- Ignore the search box
2. Click Summon Research Assistant (top left) 
3. Enter your question. Examples:
- What are some controversial policies concerning water?
- What does research say about the best way to teach reading?
- What are the consequences of banning AI from a writing course?
4. Click this button (top right) 
Ignore everything else.
5. Click this WHITE button (top left) 
It says "Add results..."
6. Review the results!
- Read the Title.
- Click
and read the Abstract
7. Explore the full article. Automatically find the good parts in the text.
- Click a full text button. The article opens.
- Press Ctrl+F For Mac users, Command+F
- A little search box appears.
- Enter a word or phrase.
- It locates this wherever it occurs.
- Explore! Find the good parts.
8. Email yourself a link to the full text and an MLA citation.
- Return to the MegaSearch tab..
- (Upper right) click the envelope icon:
- Enter your email
- Choose a Citation Format: Click, scroll down, and select MLA.
- Leave yourself a note. Why did this article catch your eye? This will help you later!
- [Battle the Captcha Robot] and Send.
What does the email give you?
- An MLA citation to copy and paste
- The note you left yourself
- A LINK to the full text article.
How to filter your results
To get academic articles, select Scholarly & Peer Reviewed (top left)
For other types, scroll down (left side) to Resource type.
Select one (or more) of these:
- Magazine article
- Topic overview
- Newspaper article
These filters will continue until you undo them.
To start fresh: click Clear All (top left)