Multi-genre Research Project
You will be creating a multi-genre research project using endnotes and footnotes to document your sources.
Timeline:
November 6: Advanced Searching, Notetaking
November 8: Website Evaluation, Advanced Searching Websites
November 13: Notetaking Refresher
November 15: Footnotes, Citing Pictures
November 19: Work Day
November 21: Annotated Bibliography
November 25: Work Day
December 2: Work Cited
December 4: Work Day
December 6: Work Day
December 10: Work Day
December 12: Work Day
Step 1: Researching
If you haven't already done so, it is a good idea to do some background research on your topic to become familiar with the issues and pull out keywords, terms and concepts you can use in searching for relevant articles.
Helpful Databases:
SIRS
Contains SIRS Researcher and SIRS Government Reporter providing access to articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and government documents and reports.
Citation
The MLA citation is at the bottom of the article.
Points-of-View
Read about all viewpoints on controversial issues. This database contains articles, images, videos, and audio clips.
Citation
To get the MLA citation, you must first click on the save button located at the top of the article. Save in MLA citation format.
Issues & Controversies
Provides up to date, in depth information on the most debated topics of today. The database provides factual analysis and clear explanations of opposing points of view and as well as numerous special features incuding political cartoons.
Citation
The MLA citation is at the bottom of the article. Be sure to copy the MLA citation.
Global Issues in Context
Explore information about other countries as well as examine issues that are facing all of us across the world. Read newspapers and other sources from across the globe. This database can be customized to display the publications that you select.
Citation
The MLA citation is at the bottom of the article.
EBSCOhost Databases
Provides a suite of databases including MAS - Ultra, Health Source Consumer Edition, Newspaper Source, ERIC, Professional Development Collection, History Reference Center, Advanced Placement Source, Literary Reference Center and others.
Citation
Click the Cite link at the right hand side of the page and copy the MLA citation.
Gale Family of Databases
Provides access to a variety of databases thanks to the New York State Virtual Electronic Library that cover diverse subjects. Access full text magazines to do general research or use one of the many subject specific databases.
Citation
MLA citation is located on the right hand side of the article by clicking on Citation Tools.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Contains two main databases - Gale Discovering Collection and the Gale Virtual Reference Library providing coverage for a wide variety of subjects including art, business, fashion, history, science, literature and social sciences.
Citation
MLA citation is located by clicking on the citation tools icon at the top of each article.
Image Databases
There are two image databases, AP Images and Britannica ImageQuest.
Citing AP Images:
Last name of photographer, First name of photographer. “First four words of the caption…” AP Images.The Associated Press. Submit date day month year. Web. Date of access day month year.
Citing Britannica ImageQuest:
The MLA citation is given.
Use a variety of search strategies to search for articles that contain important and relevant information that supports your thesis statement. Make sure you copy the full text of each article and include the MLA citation at the top.
Footnotes that include more than one author:
2 Authors: Smith and Barkley, par. 5
3 Authors: Smith, Jones and Tyler, pars. 10-12
More than 3 Authors: Put the last name of the 1st author listed and replace all of the other names with et al: Smith et al., par. 98
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