Rivet+U.S.+History

**Where to find information:**
Click on "Grades 9-12" to see all of the databases...OR...click on the choices below:
 * I. INFOhio Databases**
 * 1) World Book Advanced (includes encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary source documents, and eBooks)
 * look at the boxes on the right side of your screen (Related Information, Related Primary Source Information) for important and probably relevant additional information.
 * add articles to "My Research" (you'll have to create an account for yourself, but that way you can keep all of your World Book articles in one easily accessed place)...OR...email articles to yourself...OR save them in your U drive.
 * 1) Oxford Online Reference (history reference books)
 * if you don't know what topic/time period you want to research, click on one of the books listed (ie. The Oxford Companion to American Military History, The Oxford Companion to the U.S. Government, The Oxford Companion to U.S. History, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military, The Oxford Companion to World War II). Then click on "Browse This Book" for an alphabetical list of topics within that book.
 * 1) EBSCOhost (click on Student Research Center 9-12 or download a mobile app; includes articles from magazines, academic journals, newspapers, encyclopedias, primary source documents, and much more)
 * sort by RELEVANCE instead of DATE DESCENDING.
 * click on the tabs under "Filter Results By" to just get primary source documents, magazine articles, encyclopedia articles/books, newspaper articles, etc.
 * add articles to a folder (you'll have to create an account for yourself, but that way you can keep all of your EBSCOhost articles in one easily accessed place)...OR...email articles to yourself...OR...save them in your U drive.


 * II. Cincinnati Public Library Research Databases**
 * 1) U.S. History in Context ( primary source documents--including letters, speeches, and legislative acts--full-text magazine and journal articles, digitized maps, photographs, and illustrations)
 * if you don't know what topic/time period you want to research, click on the "Topics" tab to see all kinds of topics in U.S. History.
 * you can email articles to yourself...OR...download them to your U drive...OR...bookmark articles (you'll get a URL that you can copy and paste into a Word document)...OR...save them, but ONLY for the time that you're using this database. I think they'll disappear once you logout, so make sure you either download them to your U drive or email them to yourself before logging out.

Use the OPAC computers to find books in our library about your topic/time period/event in U.S. History, or use this direct link: @http://sirsi.hccanet.org/opac/FT/FTHS/
 * III. Books**
 * Enter your topic into the search box and either do a “Subject” search or a “Keyword” search.
 * Use one or two words only . It's not like doing a Google search where you can type entire sentences in the search box.
 * Use the drop down menu next to "Item Group" to limit your results to Nonfiction.

How to cite your information:

 * 1) APA Citation Maker
 * Choose the format that you're citing from the menu on the left (i.e. Book, Non-Print Journal Article, Non-Print Magazine Article, Non-Print Newspaper Article, etc.).
 * If you're citing a book, you can type the ISBN number in the search box at the top of the citation maker (the ISBN number is usually located on the back of the book, bottom right side).
 * If the ISBN number isn't recognized or if you're not citing a book, you'll have to fill in the boxes as best you can. If you can't find something (ie. the author), just leave it blank and move on to the next box.
 * When the citations are made, copy and paste them into a Word document titled "References."
 * Each citation that is created also lists a recommended way to use parenthetical citations in the text of your paper. COPY THESE ALSO! You'll need to do parenthetical in-text citations throughout your paper.
 * 1) APA Formatting/Style Guide
 * 2) Sample APA paper
 * 3) Summarizing, Quoting, and Paraphrasing

**Cool Tools:**
>> Diigo (also available as an app)
 * Thesis Generator
 * Notetaking tools:
 * Making Note Cards
 * Evernote (also available as an app)
 * Drop Box (also available for mobile devices)
 * Easy Bib Research Guide
 * Easy Bib Writing Guide
 * Easy Bib APA Citation Guide