Research
MLA Style Guides
Need help creating a works cited page? How about how to format that paper? Am I plagiarizing? See below for the answers.
Capital Community College's MLA Guide
EasyBib: Help formatting MLA bibliographies (works cited pages)
GOOD Websites
DON'T just type your search terms into a random search engine. That type of research is very unsophisticated.
Don't forget to use your library's catalogue, too!
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Lapeer District Library: catalogue not online? |
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Primary Sources--told from a first hand perspective
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Letters |
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Speeches |
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History
Channel's Speech and Video Archive
American Rhetoric: Famous American Speeches
Gifts of Speech: Women speech makers
Allyn Bacon's Public Speaking Website: Audio and text of famous speeches plus how to write and deliver a speech yourself. Here's the home page.
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Essays and Misc. NPR's This I Believe: Spoken essays, mostly written in first person |
Library of Congress: Can be difficult to find info. Click on a collection and put in your search terms, e.g., letters, speeches, scandals, Abraham Lincoln, etc.
Secondary Sources--told from a second hand perspective
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Databases. Most of these require usernames and passwords. See your teacher or librarian. First Search: magazines and newspapers InfoTrac: magazines and newspapers SIRS: magazines, newspapers, references, and more Netlibrary: ebooks. Cite it as a BOOK, not a web! Michigan Electronic Library: magazines, newspapers, journals. You need a Michigan driver's license number to gain access.
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Websites Refdesk.com: Online fact resource. Don't just use the search engines. Scroll down to find connections to Reuters, AP, and major newspapers and magazines. NARA: gov't records City of Lapeer government website Lapeer County Information Depot: includes local information and links to libraries FREE: gov't site cataloguing websites on everything from math to art. Can search or use the directory. Surf the Net with Kids: seems kiddie at first, but lots of good links Huridocs: human rights information Vivisimo: a clustering engine. Organizes search results according to topic. Direct Search: links to sites that are on the "invisible web" |