Beilke+Exploring+Chemicals+in+Foods

= **I. ONLINE DATABASES** =

** Science Online from Facts on File > **

 * Click the green button [[image:Screen Shot 2016-12-05 at 9.47.56 AM.png]]
 * Look for Science, Math, and technology information articles, images, diagrams, videos, current events, experiments, biographies, and more. Hear text read aloud.
 * To find the citations for the articles, click on the icon labeled "Citation" under the title of the article. Make sure you're already logged into Easy Bib and then click "Export to EasyBib." All of the boxes should be filled in for you, so just scroll down and click on "Create citation" and it will appear in your list of sources (bibliography).
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** Science Reference Center from EBSCO **

 * Click the green button:[[image:Screen Shot 2016-12-05 at 10.25.36 AM.png]]
 * Easy access to science and math information. Contains science experiments and full-text science encyclopedias, magazines, and journals.
 * To find the citations for the articles, 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 appear in your list of sources (bibliography).
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= **II. BOOKS** =

Use the ** online catalog ** to look for books on your topic in our library.
= **III. 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?)

= **IV. TAKING NOTES & CREATING AN OUTLINE** = ==** A. Create an EasyBib account OR login to an existing EasyBib account **==
 * ** EasyBib EDU is new! The coupon code for Finneytown High School is: FinnehsOH (Coupon codes are NOT case sensitive). **
 * ==** Students and teachers who have never signed up before can register at **** https://edu.easybib.com/auth/coupo **==
 * ** 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. 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. **==
 * A User Guide is available if you want to learn how to BEST utilize all of the features that EasyBib has to offer.
 * Once you're logged in, you can create a project. Give it a title and make sure that you choose MLA 7 style.

B. Click on the Notebook link in your project to start taking notes/creating an outline.

 * 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

= **V. CREATING YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS CITED PAGE** =

A. Here is a sample Bibliography/Works Cited 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 **
When you are finished creating all of your citations, you can export them to a Google doc or a Word document. Click on Export, choose Google doc or Word doc:
 * If you chose Word doc, click "Download for MS Word" and then the Works Cited page will open in a Word document:
 * If you chose Google doc, click "Go to Google docs" if you are logged into your Google account.