AP American History Research Paper
Be a savvy searcher!
Look for the key term or person in your topic.
For example: The Red Scare: American Reaction to Communism
To explore more about the topic, you need to learn about the Red Scare and about events and people associated with it. Then research more about how this was a reaction to Communism.
John Brown's Revolt Against Slavery
Notice that the original search would include John Brown and slavery and does not include the words "revolt against".
Your search strategy could be "John Brown" AND Slavery or you might try "John Brown" AND abolition*
Television: A Cultural Revolution
Search for television and history or television and cultur* or television and society.
Print Sources:
Some titles have been pulled for you on a book cart. Additional reference material can be found in the 973's in the reference section of the library. To access additional resources, including e-Books, use the Destiny Online Catalog.
Online Resources:
Gale Virtual Reference Library
The Gale Discovering Collection and Virtual Reference Library databases provide you with access to a number of full text reference publications.
Use the Advanced Search to combine search terms.
Citation: Use Citation Tools link
EBSCO:
Features several resources that could be helpful for your project.
Advanced Placement Source features selected resources specifically targeted for Advanced Placement courses.
History Reference Center includes information from reference books as well as journals and periodicals.
Book Collection - Non-Fiction High School Edition has extensive history information.
Primary Source Documents are indicated by the filter at the left side of the search results page. If you see a check box in the filter for Primary Source Documents, you can check it and then click Update to see Primary Source Documents.
Citation: Click the cite link on the right side of the screen.
Gale Family of Databases
Academic OneFile is an expansive database containing journal articles as well as magazines.
SIRS Decades
Overviews of the 20th century decade's top historical, scientific, technological and cultural events. Be sure to scroll down to see all of the primary source materials.
Primary Source Documents
A newspaper article written at the time of the historic event is considered a Primary Source Document.
The Proquest Historical Newspapers
This database contains cover to cover full text articles just as they were printed in The New York Times from 1851 – 2007.
Local and New York State Historical Newspapers
This website is a searchable repository of many of the old Newspapers published in New York State from 1795 - 2007!
In-Text Citation
Everything you use in your brochure that came from your research MUST be cited in the text AND in your works cited page. For additional information, see In-Text Citation link below to see how you cite the information in the text.
How to cite electronic resources:
(Author's Last Name, par. number) - Example: (Smith, par. 6)
("1st Important Word of Article Title," par. number) - Example: ("Health," par. 5)
Images must also include in-text citation information.
Include the copyright symbol followed by the creator of the picture followed by the copyright date. If no creator is listed use the first four words of the title in quotes, or a short description of the photo. This information goes directly beneath the picture, photo, graph, etc....
Example:
© Creator's Name, 2007
© "Eiffel Tower at night...", 2010
Please see Mrs. Daniels or Mrs. Andrews for help with this project. We can answer questions about citation, annotated bibliographies and additional sources. Please see Mr. Petrone, Mr. Froelick or Mr. Sugrue for content related questions.
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