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* If you are asked for a username and password, email Mrs. Walker, consult the orange database sheet, or complete this online form: @http://www.infohio.org/er/unpwrequestform.asp.
 * I. Online Databases ** (extremely reliable sources of information)
 * A. INFOhio**
 * www.infohio.org (free for all K-12 students in Ohio)
 * Click on “**Resources for Grades 9-12**”
 * 1) **The ART Collection** (works of art that you can access and view online)
 * 2) **Biography Reference Bank** (biographies of famous people, living as well as dead)
 * 3) **EBSCOhost** (articles from magazines, newspapers, books, and encyclopedias; biographies; radio and TV news transcripts; primary source documents; and photographs)
 * 4) **Literature Online** (literary works—poetry, short stories, drama, fiction—that you can access and read online)
 * 5) **Oxford Reference Online** (scroll down to “Subject Reference” and choose one of the categories—Art & Architecture, Literature, or Performing Arts—and then either choose a specific book to search, or do a quick search in the search box. If you click on “Links for this subject,” you will get a list of websites outside of the database to explore.)
 * 6) **World Book Student** (look in the Biography Center for categories like Actors & Directors, Architects, Authors & Journalists, Dancers & Choreographers, Graphic Artists & Illustrators, Musicians & Composers & Singers, Painters, Philosophers, Photographers, Sculptors, etc.)

* If you don’t have a card, email Mrs. Walker for a number that you can use.
 * B. Cincinnati Public Library**
 * www.cincinnatilibrary.org (free for all Cincinnati Library card holders)
 * Click on **“Research & Homework”** at the top of the page; then click on "**Research Databases”**
 * 1) **Art & Music**
 * **Grove Art** (all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present)
 * **Grove Music** (articles on more than 5,000 years of music history including composers & performers)
 * **Music Online** (Search five--American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound--music databases simultaneously.)
 * 1) **Biographies**
 * **Gale Virtual Reference Library** (search electronic reference books on a wide range of subjects including the arts and history)
 * 1) **Books & Literary Criticism**
 * **Literature Criticism Online** (commentary from a variety of reference books on classic and contemporary books, plays, and poems)
 * **Literature Resource Center** (biographies, bibliographies, and criticism of novelists, poets, essayists, and journalists from every age and literary discipline)
 * 1) **History**
 * **U.S. History in Context** (Thousands of primary source documents--including letters, speeches, and legislative acts; full-text magazine and journal articles; digitized maps, photographs, and illustrations.)

You need to evaluate websites using the **ABCs: A=authority, accuracy B=bias C=currency, correct** Do not use Wikipedia!!! The content is too easily edited and you could be getting bad information. You can, however, scroll to the bottom of Wikipedia articles and check out "External Links" for better sites to use.
 * II. Websites ** (not necessarily reliable sources of information)
 * **Search Engines**
 * 1) **Sweet Search** @http://www.sweetsearch.com (a search engine for students)
 * 2) **Search Edu** @http://www.searchedu.com/ (searches educational sites)
 * 3) **Google Scholar** @http://scholar.google.com/schhp?tab=ws (searches scholarly literature)
 * **Subject Directories**
 * 1) **Internet Public Library** www.ipl.org
 * 2) **Cincinnati Public Library @http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/resources/sbs.asp **
 * **Art & Architecture**
 * **Biography**
 * **Books & Reading**
 * **History**
 * **Magazine & Newspaper Articles**
 * **Movies**
 * **Music**
 * **Philosophy**
 * **Pictures, Images, Sound & Video**
 * **Television & Radio**
 * **Theater & Dance**
 * 1) **Yahoo Directory** @http://dir.yahoo.com/
 * 2) **Academic Info** @http://www.academicinfo.net/subject-guides
 * 3) **Infomine** @http://infomine.ucr.edu/ (click on “SocSci & Humanities” or “Visual & Performing Arts” for scholarly websites)
 * **Art**
 * 1) **Finneytown Media Center Art Pathfinder**
 * **Architecture**
 * 1) ** @http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/architec.html **
 * 2) @http://architecture.about.com/od/greatarchitects/Famous_Architects.htm
 * **Biography**
 * 1) **Finneytown Media Center Biography Pathfinder**
 * 2) **Sweet Search Biographies**
 * **Cartoons/Comics/Graphic Novels**
 * 1) @http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcartoonists.htm
 * 2) @http://www.history.com/search?search-field=cartoonists&x=0&y=0
 * 3) @http://www.topgraphicnovelreviews.com/writers.html
 * **Cinematography**
 * 1) @http://www.charlierose.com/topic/movies_tv_theater
 * **Literature**
 * 1) ** @http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/aufram.html **
 * 2) ** @http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/alpha.HTML **
 * 3) @http://www.realliteraturedir.com/
 * **Music**
 * 1) ** @http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/ **
 * 2) ** @http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/database_music.html **
 * 3) @http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
 * 4) @http://www.classical.net/music/links/composer.php
 * 5) @http://www.hypermusic.ca/jazz/mainmenu.html
 * 6) @http://skdesigns.com/internet/music/composers/
 * **Poetry**
 * 1) **Finneytown Media Center Poetry Pathfinder**

Use the library catalog to find books about your famous Americans. We have many biographies in the “Biography” section. We also have collective biographies, non-fiction books, and reference books of all types. Ask Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Frecka, or Mrs. Kopke if you need help.
 * III. Books (**extremely reliable sources of information)
 * Enter your person’s name into the search box with the last name first, first name last and either do a “Subject” search or an “All Fields” search.


 * IV. Works Cited**
 * Plagiarism Tutorial
 * Easy Bib
 * 1) Research tab (find websites, books, database articles, etc., that OTHER people have cited in their papers on your exact topic)
 * 2) In the Bibliography tab, choose the correct tab for the type of citation you need to make (website, book, database, or other)
 * **Websites**:
 * 1) Paste a URL in the search box and click "cite this." Easy Bib will tell you if a source is credible, may be credible, is not credible, or has not been evaluated. You still need to use your own evaluation skills, and you mustn't cite Wikipedia, although you can scroll to the bottom of Wikipedia articles to find "external links" that you can use.
 * 2) If Easy Bib recognizes the website, it will fill in the boxes for you. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * 3) If Easy Bib 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 leave the ones you can't fill blank. When finished, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * **Books**:
 * 1) Type the title of the book in the search box and click "cite this"
 * 2) If Easy Bib recognizes the book, it will fill in the boxes for you. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * 3) If Easy Bib does not recognize the book, 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. When finished, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Create Citation." Copy & paste the created citation into your Works Cited page.
 * **Databases**:
 * 1) With most databases, the citations are already created for you (either look for a "Cite" button/tab, or scroll to the bottom of the article and look for the MLA citation).
 * 2) If you are using a database that doesn't make citations for you (like EBSCOhost), you will need to fill in the blanks manually. Ask Mrs. Walker for help.
 * Parenthetical Citations
 * Sample Research Paper

>> Diigo (also available as an app)
 * V. Cool Tools**
 * Research Project Calculator (helps prevent the dreaded "oh my gosh, it's the night before my paper's due and I haven't even started" syndrome)
 * 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