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National History Day

National History Day. is the most intense, academic task you are likely to do at BHS ever unless you are in IB, or Advance Placement. Research Tips. Re - prefix Search. SOURCES. “Works Cited” is the “new” name Reflects that items do not all refer to books

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National History Day

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  1. National History Day is the most intense, academic task you are likely to do at BHS ever unless you are in IB, or Advance Placement.

  2. Research Tips • Re - prefix • Search

  3. SOURCES • “Works Cited” is the “new” name • Reflects that items do not all refer to books • A selection of citation makers found on the Destiny Home Page

  4. ACCESSING SOURCES • Subscription Databases (Destiny Home Page) ELibrary, Infotrac, and Proquest History, and Culturegrams • Destiny online catalog for BHS • Library of Congress • Public Library • Area college libraries

  5. Public Library • Access the public library’s collection @ ocln.org • Enter your library card number and password. Password is ocln if you are new. • Reserve books • Use the databases

  6. Destiny online Catalog • To find more print materials • Search for Documents, Speeches, People/Events • Check the subject headings • Use true synonyms, other similar words • Think of a more general subject

  7. Internet Domains .com .net .org .mil .gov .edu .k12.ma.us

  8. "Reading" a URL http://www.questacon.edu.au/qinfo.asp Edu domain but not a college or university Au signifies origin in Australia Questacon Corporate Information

  9. Specific types of information • Public information - polls, speeches • Facts and Figures- statistics, almanacs • Organizations- directories, web pages • Further reading - guides, bibliographies Evaluate what you find!

  10. Authority • Is there an author? • What are his or her qualifications? • Who is the sponsor? • What is the sponsor's area of expertise? • Should I trust this information?

  11. Accuracy • Who is responsible for this information? • Does the author (person or organization) • have an affiliation or mission that would • influence the information? • Is there a reason to distort the information? • Does it seem as if the authors of the • information are trying to persuade the user • to believe as they believe?

  12. Currency • Does up to date information make a difference • to my project/research? • How up to date is this information? • How recent are the facts and figures? • Where can I look to find the date the information • was produced in my source?

  13. Works Cited • For every website/ book/ other materials source • In MLA format • 1-3 line description of what you used from the book/ site/ interview and why/ how you used it • 50 sources, separated by source type

  14. National History Day Use the Steps, Research Roadmap and Rules – keep checking them! Did you write down the source? Are these your own words or does your paraphrase sound too much like the source? Always go back and check this page.

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