Wolferst+Careers

=I. Research Databases=

A. Cincinnati Public Library (use Mrs. Walker's card number/PIN on the back of the yellow bookmark)

 * Career Cruising (choose Career Cruising from the list)
 * Job Now (choose Job Now from the list)
 * Testing & Education Reference Center (choose Testing & Education Reference Center from the list and then click on the "Career Tools" tab)

B. INFOhio (use the username/password found on the front of the yellow bookmark)

 * iWonder: Do You Know What You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
 * Ohio Means Jobs K-12

=II. Websites=

B. Use **EasyBib's Research tab** to get an idea if certain websites are ** credible **, ** maybe credible **, or ** not credible **.
Beware: sometimes websites haven't been evaluated by EasyBib (or sometimes they go easy on sites like Wikipedia), so always use your powers of evaluation on any website that you find! =III. Books= You can search the library catalog here: [] Just choose "College & Career" in the drop down menu next to Item Group and enter a search term in the box.
 * ** 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?)

=IV. Bibliography=

** A. Create an EasyBib account **

 * Go to **EasyBibfrom a school computer** to create an account. Click on "Register" at the top right side of your screen. You'll need to give a first name, last name, email address, create a password (**MAKE IT ONE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER, LIKE YOUR STUDENT ID #**), and confirm your password. Ignore the coupon code.
 * Once you're logged in, you can create a project. Give it a title and make sure that you choose MLA 7 style.

If you're citing websites:

 * At the top of the search box, choose the Website tab.
 * Paste the URL (web address) in the search box and click "cite this."
 * If EasyBib recognizes the website, it will fill in the boxes for you.
 * Double check each of the boxes to make sure they've entered the correct information. Change or add anything that needs to be changed or added, especially website title/article title, author, and date of website publication.
 * Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Bibliography page if you've already got one started.
 * If EasyBib 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 ignore the ones you can't fill.
 * For author & date, look at the top and the bottom of the page to see if you can find that information. If there's not a specific date, you can use the date that's usually at the bottom of the page with a copyright symbol beside it. For example, if you see ©2006-2012, put 2012 in the year box for the date.
 * When finished, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page if you've already got one started‍

If you're citing books:

 * At the top of the search box, choose the Book tab.
 * Type the title of the book in the search box and click "cite this."
 * If EasyBib recognizes the title, it will show a list of books and authors with publishers and publication dates. Look for the correct one. If you are not sure which book is yours, you can click on the title and it will show you a picture of the cover. That should help. Look carefully at publication dates because sometimes that is the only difference between 2 very similar books.
 * Once you have found the right one, click on "Select" and it will fill in the boxes for you.
 * Double check each of the boxes to make sure they've entered the correct information. Change or add anything that needs to be changed or added.
 * Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Bibliography page if you've already got one started.
 * If EasyBib does NOT recognize the title, 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.
 * The publisher should be listed at the bottom of the title page. If not, it is listed on the back of the title page along with the publication date (look for the "c" with a circle around it: ©).
 * Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Bibliography page if you've already got one started.

If you're citing database articles:

 * The citations should be available for you to the right of the database article. Click "cite" or "download" to get the citation.