Wilde+Biographies

=Wilde Biographies=

A. Online Databases

 * === Cincinnati Public Library ===
 * ===Biography in Context: find articles about famous people===
 * ===Type your person's name in the search box and scroll through the results to make sure that you've got the right person (for example: Muhammad Ali the boxer, not Muhammed Ali of Egypt)===
 * ===Read the featured article (see picture below), but also click on the links on the right to see more biographical articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, images, videos, and even websites.===




 * === INFOhio ===
 * ===iSearch: find books in our library as well as articles from databases===
 * ===Click on the different tabs at the top of the screen to find books (My Library), magazine and newspaper articles (Basic Sources, Advanced Sources), and encyclopedia articles (Basic Encyclopedias, Advanced Encyclopedias).===
 * ===I like the "Research Starter" that is found in the Advanced Sources tab:===



B. Websites

 * === Use the ** ABCs of website evaluation ** : ===
 * ===** 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?) ===
 * **Use EasyBib's Research tab to get an idea if certain websites are** **credible** **,** **maybe credible** **, or** **not credible** **.**
 * **But** **beware** **! Not all websites are evaluated by EasyBib, and sometimes they go easy on sites (like Wikipedia), so always use your powers of evaluation with any website you find!**
 * **Try to find the official website for your person. You can even type "official website of [insert your person's name]" into the Google search box.**

A. Know what is required in a citation:

 * ====Author====
 * ====Title====
 * ====Publisher====
 * ====Place of Publication====
 * ====Copyright Date ©====
 * ====Format (Print or Digital)====
 * ====URL (websites)====
 * ====Date you found the website or article====

B. EasyBib can help put everything in the proper order!

 * ====** Create an EasyBib account OR upgrade an existing EasyBib account **====
 * ====** EasyBib EDU ** is new! The coupon code for Finneytown High School is: ** FinnehsOH **====
 * ====** Students who have never signed up before can register ** at https://edu.easybib.com/auth/coupon You'll need to give a first name, last name, email address, create a password ( ** USE YOUR STUDENT ID # ** ), and confirm your password. Choose your position (student) and grade from the drop down menus. ====
 * ====** Returning users can upgrade their existing accounts by logging in ** at https://edu.easybib.com/auth/login and then entering the school coupon code: ** FinnehsOH ** . ====
 * ==== **Create a new project, click "Bibliography," and start creating your citations.** ====
 * ==== **Database articles can be imported DIRECTLY into your EasyBib projects!!** ====
 * ====To find the citation for articles from Biography in Context, click on "Citation Tools" on the right side of the database article under the heading "Tools." The citation will pop up and it should be in MLA format. Click on the EasyBib button on the right under "Export." If you are logged into EasyBib with your project open, the citation will show up in your list of sources.====
 * To find the citations for articles from iSearch, click on the white icon labeled "Export" on the right side of the article. Choose "Direct Export to EasyBib" (the last one on the list). Click on the "Import" button. If you are logged into EasyBib with your project open, the citation will show up in your list of sources.
 * ** Website Citations **
 * 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.
 * ** Book Citations **
 * 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.