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Locating Resources:

Locating Resources: . Goal: Understanding where to find quality resources on your topic. What is required ?. At least one book At least one database At least one Internet website. Where do I find books on my topic ?. Use Destiny Use your Council Rock Username and Password

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Locating Resources:

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  1. Locating Resources: Goal: Understanding where to find quality resources on your topic

  2. What is required? • At least one book • At least one database • At least one Internet website

  3. Where do I find books on my topic? • Use Destiny • Use your Council Rock Username and Password • http://lib.crsd.org/common/welcome.jsp?site=109 • Book Carts • World War II (Battles, Nazi Party, Hitler) • Holocaust (Ghettos, Camps, People)

  4. May I borrow books from the carts? • Overnight only • Due before RA the next day • Sign out anytime; pick up after the last class • Penalties • Lose points, fines of $.25 a day, detentions

  5. What is a database? • Information collected from many sources: books, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, etc. • Quality information, sources edited for accuracy • Information more reliable than many websites.

  6. Where do I find the right databases? • Go to NMS Library Website • Click Pathfinders: Holocaust and WWII • Groliers and Worldbook • World History in Context • Biography in Context • SIRS Knowledge Source • Student Resources in Context • Historical Newspapers • http://www.crsd.org/page/10068 From home, must go through Citrix

  7. How do I find reliable Internet Websites? • Go to Library Website, Pathfinders, “Holocaust / WWII Pathfinder” • http://www.crsd.org/page/10095 • Do not use other websites unless you have them approved by myself or your teacher.

  8. What about Wikipedia? • Should not cite for a research paper • Not a reliable resource • Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

  9. I found good sources. Now what? • Keep Track of them! • Use purple sheet to record the required information for your Works Cited page. • Keep purple sheet in a safe place!

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