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=**I. Online Databases**= A. INFOhio ( www.infohio.org ). You will need to know the INFOhio username/password if you are working on this from home. Email Mrs. Walker if you've lost the username/password: lwalker@finneytown.org.

a. EBSCOhost (click on the button that says "Student Research Center gr. 6-8")
 * limit your search terms to just a few key words (example: use "Jim Crow Laws" instead of "what are some examples of Jim Crow laws"). A database search box is different from using Google or other search engines.
 * after you type a topic in the search box and a list of results appears, make sure you click the button that says "sort by." You want to choose "relevance" for this project.

b. Literary Reference Center (scroll down and click on the button that says "Literary Reference Center")
 * to find information on Mildred Taylor, type "Taylor, Mildred" in the search box.
 * you will find articles on Mildred Taylor's life, on her books, and on topics found in her books. You may have to read some of the article before you figure out if it is relevant to you and your topic or not.

c. Points of View Reference Center(scroll down and click on the button that says "Points of View Reference Center")
 * limit your search terms to just a few key words (example: use "Jim Crow Laws" instead of "what are some examples of Jim Crow laws"). A database search box is different from using Google or other search engines.
 * this database automatically sorts the results by relevance.

B. Cincinnati Public Library (www.cincinnatilibrary.org). You will need to use your Cincinnati library card number/PIN...or you can use Mrs. Walker's. Email her if you've lost the number: lwalker@finneytown.org.

a. U.S. History in Context
 * limit your search terms to just a few key words (example: use "Jim Crow Laws" instead of "what are some examples of Jim Crow laws"). A database search box is different from using Google or other search engines.
 * **for the topic on black & white education, try using "segregated schools" as your search terms**
 * after you type a topic in the search box and a list of results appears, you can click on the categories to the left of your screen to get more results (example: reference, or encyclopedia articles; primary sources; journal, newspaper, or magazine articles; case overviews; audio clips).

b. Literature Resource Center
 * to find information on Mildred Taylor, type "Taylor, Mildred" in the search box.
 * Choose the "Biographies" tab. Select one of the articles or interviews that looks interesting and that would best answer the questions you've been asked.

=**II. Books**= Use the online catalog to look for books on your topic in our library.
 * If you want to see if Whitaker has any books on your topic, choose "Whitaker Elementary" from the drop-down menu next to "library" then ask Mrs. Walker to get those books for you. Make sure you know the title and preferably the author before asking.

=**III. Reliable Websites**= A. Jim Crow
 * National Park Service: Jim Crow Laws
 * Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
 * PBS American Experience: Jim Crow Laws
 * Separate is Not Equal: Jim Crow Laws
 * The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
 * Examples of Jim Crow laws
 * Remembering Jim Crow
 * Jim Crow Interactive Map (requires Flash 5)
 * Amistad: Jim Crow

B. Sharecropping
 * PBS: Sharecropping
 * History.com: Sharecropping & "Forty Acres and a Mule"
 * PBS Video: The Complications of Sharecropping
 * PBS American Experience: Sharecropping in Mississippi
 * About Sharecropping
 * New Georgia Encyclopedia: Sharecropping
 * Tenant Farming and Sharecropping
 * Sharecroppers
 * Sharecropper Plantations

C. Lynching
 * PBS: Freedom Never Dies
 * Race in the 1930s
 * American Experience: Lynching in America
 * Lynching: Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture
 * About Lynching
 * The Press and Lynching of African Americans
 * Lynching
 * Lynching Statistics by Year and Race

D. KKK
 * The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: The Ku Klux Klan
 * American Experience: The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
 * American Experience: The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s
 * Ku Klux Klan: History.com
 * Southern Poverty Law Center: Ku Klux Klan
 * The Ku Klux Klan

E. Black and White Education in the 1930s
 * The Smithsonian: Separate is Not Equal (start with "The Battleground" and click the "continue to" button at the bottom of the page to work your way through all of the tabs on the left side of the screen)
 * Education for African Americans: The Handbook of Texas Online
 * School Desegregation and the NAACP's Role
 * The Education of Black Children in the Jim Crow South
 * Segregated School Resource Inequality in the 1930s
 * Separate But Equal: The Road to Brown

F. Mildred Taylor biography
 * You will find the best results if you use one of the online databases listed above in Section I, especially Literary Reference Center or Literature Resource Center.
 * Talking with Mildred Taylor


 * If you need to look for other 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.
 * 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!‍ **

=IV. Bibliography= A. Create an EasyBib account
 * Go to EasyBib**from 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.

Here is a sample Works Cited/Bibliography page: @http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/hacker-daly-mla-wc.pdf
 * Center the title **Bibliography** at the top of the page.
 * 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.
 * Citations are in alphabetical order according to the first letter on the first line of each citation. See the example for details.
 * 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 Bibliography 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 Online Databases (these should all be done for you somewhere on the page where you got the article, but if not, follow these instructions):  ====
 * At the top of the search box, choose the Database tab.
 * Warning: this will be the hardest citation to create. You will probably want to ask Mrs. Walker for help.
 * In the drop-down menu, choose what type of article you will be citing (ie. newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.).
 * If you are not sure, choose "article published by a database."
 * Do your best to fill in all of the blanks.
 * Article Title = the title at the top of the article
 * Contributors = author or editor. Sometimes you cannot find an author/editor and that's okay. Leave it blank if that is the case.
 * Database = MAS Ultra - School Edition
 * Publisher/Service Provider = EBSCOhost
 * Electronically Published = the date that the article was written. It is usually close to the top of the page.
 * Date Accessed = today's date. Click on "Today" to fill in the blanks with today's date.
 * URL = the Persistent Link to this Record (Permalink)
 * If you are sure, choose whatever it is (newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.)
 * Do your best to fill in all of the blanks.
 * Article Title = the title at the top of the article
 * Contributors = author or editor. Sometimes you cannot find an author/editor and that's okay. Leave it blank if that is the case.
 * Journal/Newspaper/Magazine/Encyclopedia Title = usually found near the top of the page where it says "Source."
 * City (optional)
 * Advanced Info (if you know the edition, section, and/or volume numbers)
 * Date Published = the date that the article was written. It is usually close to the top of the page.
 * Pages (start, end) = if you know the beginning page number and the end page number.
 * Database = MAS Ultra - School Edition
 * Publisher/Service Provider = EBSCOhost
 * Date Accessed = today's date. Click on "Today" to fill in the blanks with today's date.
 * URL = the Persistent Link to this Record (Permalink)


 * 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 Images/Audio/Film-Online Video, etc:

 * At the top of the search box, choose the tab that reads "All 59 options."
 * Choose whichever type of source you used.
 * You can try typing the URL or title of the film/video in the search box to see if EasyBib recognizes the website and/or title. If not, you'll have to fill in the blanks. Ask Mrs. Walker if you need help.
 * As always, if you do not know something (ie. Main performers), leave the box blank.