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Come tell your best scary story…a legend…an original…a true tale! come listen or tell.
But leave your FEAR at the door!
Snacks, prizes for the best story and telling and lots of gory, creepy, thrilling fun.
Mr. Forman’s Theology I – Saints and Holy Ones Library Resources
Please keep in mind as you work with information that EVERY source needs citation. (This includes pictures!)
PRINT RESOURCES (books)
On Reserve for your class:
New Catholic Encyclopedia (in Reference shelf):
Biography section (shelves in corner)
Browse shelf or use Library Catalog -> www.holycross-sa.com -.Academics -> Library Resources -> HC Library Catalog
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (databases/websites)
1) Saint information websites (authoritative):
2) Gale Virtual Reference Library (see below for access)
Access from www.holycross-sa.com -> Library Resources -> Databases: Gale -> Password: lonestar -> select publication->Religion-> New Catholic Encyclopedia-> Put search term in box on left (use this for further info on saint)
3) Gale Biography in Context (BEST BET FOR INFO)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/tlc209050002
Use this link. Password is lonestar. Scroll down to this database. It is excellent. We have it on a trial basis until October 26. Let me know what you think. This has good REFERENCE information and IMAGES.
Please start at this web site http://sites.google.com/site/wakelandhslibrary/websiteevaluation .
One third of the class will be directed to start at the top of the list, one third at the bottom, and the remaining students will start with Schmoop and work down. Hopefully, this will result in every web site being evaluated. Use the Informational Web Page Test sheet as a guide for evaluating each web site. On a separate sheet of paper list the name of the web site and write down your comments on why you thought the web site was a hoax or real. Specifically list sites you used to gain further information about the web site being investigated, and what you learned from those web sites.
Links to help you evaluate:
EasyWhoIs–who publishes the site?
Archive.org–What is the site history?
Snopes.com—“… the definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.”
Slavery Resources
Gale Databases – Gale Virtual Reference Library – History – American Civil War Reference Library – search for Slavery
Gale Databases – Student Resource Center Junior – Slavery (Popular Topics, second column)
ProQuest – type login, then click on My Products Page – SIRS Discoverer – Search for Slavery
World Book – World Book Student – Search for Slavery
Africans in America http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr4.html
Slavery in America http://www.history.com/topics/slavery
Digital History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/slav_fact.cfm
Children & Youth in History http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/teaching-modules/141
African tribes and the slave trade http://moderntribalist.blogspot.com/2007/03/african-tribes-and-slave-trade.html
Slavery Africa, Europe, and Jamaica http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/dreadlibrary/mclean.html
The African American: A Journey from Slavery to Freedom http://www.cwpost.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaslavry.htm
Slave Ships South Carolina http://genealogytrails.com/scar/slave_ships.htm
The African Slave Trade in the Atlantic World http://public.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/hist106web/site2/Mainpage.htm
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces
Islam Resources
Gale Databases – Gale Virtual Reference Library – Religion — World Religions Reference Library – search for Islam
Gale Databases – Gale Virtual Reference Library – Religion — Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices — search for Islam
ProQuest – type login, then click on My Products Page – SIRS Discoverer – Search for Islam
World Book – World Book Student – Search for Islam
Russian Revolution Resources
Digital Knowledge Central – Encyclopædia Britannica – Search for Russian Revolution, Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin
ProQuest – type login, then click on My Products Page – SIRS Discoverer – Search for Russian Revolution 1917
World Book – World Book Student – Search for Russian Revolution of 1917
| General Research | Internet Searching | MLA Citations |
| Online Writing Lab (OWL) Handouts and exercises to sharpen your research skills | Bare Bones 101 Tutorial on searching with Boolean logic | Citation Style for Research Papers The MLA link provides a color-coded explanation of different citations. |
| Internet Public Library Teenspace Research paper help in teen-friendly format | Find Information: Advanced Web Searching Hone your search skills for better Internet results. | KnightCite Need help with your MLA citations? Just fill-in-the blanks at KnightCite. |
| LEO: Literacy Education Online Tips on citing, paraphrasing, etc. | Search Engine Showdown Maximize your search skills. | NoodleBib Express Select the type of citation and create! |
| Primary Sources and Real World Data First-hand account information. | Searching for the Grail? Power Searching With Digital Logic This article serves as a good search engine tutorial. | bibmeSearch for a book, article, or website and bibme does the rest! |
| School District of Springfield Township (PA) Online Research Guide Left your Bud’s Manual at school and need help at home-help is here! | Internet TutorialsWeb Overview, Search Tools, Search Techniques, and Finding Content. | EasyBibStep-by step citations, with Autocite. |
| Infotopia – A Google academic search engine that searches only trusted websites selected by librarians, teachers, and library education consortia. | Son of Citation MachineInteractive web tool for creating your citations. |