Rompies+Civil+Rights

**Where to find information:**
Click on "Grades 9-12" World Book Student Biography Center Oxford Online Reference Biography Reference Bank
 * I. INFOhio Databases**

U.S. History in Context
 * II. Cincinnati Public Library Research Databases**

a. InstaGrok: the search engine made just for education @http://www.instagrok.com/ b. SweetSearch: the search engine for students @http://www.sweetsearch.com/ c. Google Advanced Search: helps you narrow down your search terms to (hopefully) weed out the irrelevant results []
 * III.** **Search Engines**

Use the ABC's of Website Evaluation:
 * IV. Websites**
 * A = authority, accuracy (who is the author and what authority does he/she have to be writing anything on the subject? How accurate does it look? Are there typos or spelling mistakes?)
 * B = bias (is the author trying to convince you of something or persuade you to believe something, only giving one side of the story?)
 * C = currency (how recent is the information? Can we trust it to be accurate when information changes so quickly these days?)
 * Tip: you can use Easy Bib to see if your website is credible & reliable. You'll be using it to create your Works Cited page. **

a. You can also use the Easy Bib Research tab to find websites, books, database articles, etc., that OTHER people have cited in their papers on your exact topic. b. Famous Civil Rights Activists A to Z

There is at least one book per Civil Rights figure on a table/cart in the library. These are to be used in the library only.
 * V. Books**

**How to cite your information:**
EasyBib
 * 1) In the Bibliography tab, choose the correct tab for the type of citation you need to make (website, book, database, or other)
 * **Websites**:
 * 1) Paste a URL in the search box and click "cite this." Easy Bib will tell you if a source is credible, may be credible, is not credible, or has not been evaluated. You still need to use your own evaluation skills, and you mustn't cite Wikipedia, although you can scroll to the bottom of Wikipedia articles to find "external links" that you can use.
 * 2) If Easy Bib recognizes the website, it will fill in the boxes for you. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * 3) If Easy Bib does not recognize the website, you will need to fill in the boxes manually. Do your best to fill in all of the blanks, but leave the ones you can't fill blank. When finished, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * **Books**:
 * 1) Type the title of the book in the search box and click "cite this"
 * 2) If Easy Bib recognizes the book, it will fill in the boxes for you. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * 3) If Easy Bib does not recognize the book, you will need to fill in the boxes manually. Do your best to fill in all of the blanks, but leave the ones you can't fill blank. When finished, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * **Databases**:
 * 1) With most databases, the citations are already created for you (either look for a "Cite" button/tab, or scroll to the bottom of the article and look for the MLA citation).
 * 2) If you are using a database that doesn't make citations for you (like EBSCOhost), you will need to fill in the blanks manually. Ask Mrs. Walker for help.