Barnhill+Identity

**I. PRELIMINARY RESEARCH**

 * ==Make sure that you either have a person in mind or are willing to take some time to settle on a person who has struggled with identity.==
 * ==Also, keep your research question at the top of your mind when doing research, because you don't want to waste your time finding information about anything other than what is going to answer your research question.==
 * A good research question might be "How have the events, people, or choices in [insert name]'s life influenced his/her struggles with identity ?"

** II. ONLINE DATABASES **
==‍ ‍A. Public Library of Cincinnati (you will need a public library card number & PIN...or you can use Mrs. Walker's. Check the back of the yellow bookmark) == == B. INFOhio (check the yellow bookmark for the username/password if using from home, or fill out this online form) ==
 * **Biography Research Databases (click on Biography in Context)**
 * If you don't know which person you want to choose, look through the categories (African Americans, Artists, Musicians, etc.).
 * If you do know, type your person's name in the search box.
 * Read through the results carefully to make sure that you're getting the right person (for example, Jane Austen the author, not Jane Austen the CEO).
 * You will see a box on the right titled "On This Page." Click on any of the categories (Featured Content, Reference, Primary Sources, News, Magazines, Academic Journals, Videos, Images, Audio, or Related Topics) and then click on "View All 26" (or whatever the number is) to see everything in that category. Click on the title of the article that sounds most relevant and read through it.
 * To find the citation for the articles, click on "Citation Tools" on the right side of your page under the heading "Tools." The citation will pop up and it should be in MLA format. Highlight and copy/paste the entire citation into your Google document titled Bibliography OR 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.
 * **Explora for Grades 6-8 from EBSCO**
 * If you don't know which person you should choose, check out the categories and all of the topics within each category, looking for a person's name.
 * If you know which person you want to learn about, type your person's name in the search box.
 * This database automatically sorts the results by relevance.
 * Read the description and decide if any articles are worth reading in full detail. Click on HTML full text or PDF full text below the descriptions to read the articles.
 * To find the citation for the articles, click on the yellow icon labeled "Cite" on the right side of the article. Scroll down until you find the MLA format. Copy and paste it into your Google document titled Bibliography OR click on the "Export" icon and choose "Direct Export to EasyBib." If you are logged into EasyBib with your project open, the citation will show up in your list of sources.

**III. BOOKS**
== Use the **online catalog** to look for biographies on your person in our library. ==
 * If you want to see if Whitaker has any books about your person, choose "Whitaker Elementary" from the drop-down menu next to "library" then ask Mrs. Walker to get those books for you.

**IV. WEBSITES**
== A. 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?)

== 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!‍* ===

**V. CREATING A THESIS**
==Your thesis is the answer to your research question that you are going to prove in your paper with facts that you find throughout the research process.== ===Thesis Generator=== === *As you are gathering information, ignore everything that does not fit your thesis!! Don't get caught up in information that doesn't answer your research question.* ===

**VI. TAKING NOTES AND CREATING AN OUTLINE**
== A. Create an EasyBib account == == B. Click on the Notebook link in your project to start taking notes/creating an outline. == == C. DON'T PLAGIARIZE, which includes copying and pasting, or even taking someone else's ideas and claiming that they're your own without letting us know where you got these ideas. Watch this video for some tips on avoiding plagiarism. ==
 * 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 (**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.
 * View the EasyBib Notetaking Video
 * You don't HAVE to use the EasyBib Notebook feature, but it's an option. Other options include using Evernote, index cards (here's a helpful tutorial for using index cards) or a Word document.
 * Read the EasyBib Taking Notes Summary
 * Read the EasyBib Outline Summary
 * Read the EasyBib Writing Summary

**VII. CREATING A BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS CITED PAGE**
== A. Here is a sample Bibliography page: **@https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/** ==
 * Make sure you center the title Bibliography or Works Cited at the top of the page.
 * Make sure that your citations begin at the left margin. The first line of your citation will be normal, but every line after the first will need to be indented. To do this, you will need to press "enter" at the end of your first line, then press the indent button for each line after the first.
 * Make sure that your citations are in alphabetical order according to the first letter on the first line of each citation. See the example for details.
 * Make sure that you double space in between your citations.

==** B. Click on the Bibliography link in your project to start creating citations, or click on the Bibliography tab at the top of the page. **==

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.