1. Task Definition - 2. Identifying Resources - 3. locating and Accessing Resources- 4. Use Information - 5. Synthesis - 6. Evaluate

1. Task Definition - Pick a topic related to a significant legal or business issue of the 20th Century, that you are interested in. You will present the results of your research to the class.

There are three questions to help guide your research, what are they?

What am I supposed to do for this assignment? How important is it? What's the purpose? What percentage of my grade is it?

What and how much information do I need in order to do this?

What do I already know about my question?

Presentation Guidelines (100 points):

• about 6 minutes; no more than 10 minutes
• well-organized and prepared
• a minimum of 10 power point slides
• a video clip and/or sound would add more to your presentation
• an outline of your presentation printed for each member in the class

your classmates must be able to follow your presentation so that they can take notes on the outline you provide them

Paper Guidelines/Rough Draft (100 points) Final Paper ( 50 points :

• title page: title of project, teacher, class, date, and your name
• five to seven pages typed, double spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font
• Works Cited Page: minimum of ten sources with at least one source from the following three different types of sources - books, Internet site, journal or magazine
• works cited page: minimum of four citations in your paper from at least three different types of sources
• Bibliography: minimum of ten sources with at least one source from the following three different types of sources (reference book, Web site, professional journal or magazine)

Final Paper (50 points):

• a scored, rough draft stapled to the back
• parent evaluation of presentation and final paper
• title page: title of project, teacher, class, date and your name
• five to seven pages typed, double spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font
• works cited page: minimum of four citations properly cited in your paper from at least three different types of sources
• bibliography: minimum of ten sources with at least one source from the following three different types of sources - books, Internet site, journal or magazine
  

2. Identifying Resources AND 3. Locating and Accessing Resources

These two steps are combined because you have been given a list of resources to use. This section will focus on where the resources are located and how to use them. All of the sources listed are available from the Lancer Library. The databases may be accessed from a computer at home as well as the computers at school. There are bookmarks in the library with the addresses and passwords for remote access.

Library Books	There are books in the library that cover most of the topics on your list. . If you are looking for a topic it is usually better to search by keyword than by subject. Use the index or table of contents in any of these books to help you narrow your topic
Reference Books	There are also books in the reference section. Also, look at the books on the wall near the courtyard door. There are bound Life and American Heritage magazines and encyclopedia yearbooks. These books are for use in the library only.
AP Photo Archive	This is a data base of photos from the last 150 years
Infotrac	Current articles on historical topics. If you are not using a computer at school you will need a password to get into this database. There are bookmarks in the library with the passwords for databases.
EBSCOHost	Current articles on historical topics. If you are not using a computer at school you will need a password to get into this database. There are bookmarks in the library with the passwords for databases.
American Studies	A number of links to web sites on American history topics
World Opinion Research	The links on this page are provided to help you analyze the opinion of others and come to your own reasoned conclusions.
World Book	good starting place for background information
Encyclopedia Britannica	good starting place for background information

An interactive Works Cited Form is available at OSLIS. Be sure to keep track of the citations for each of the sources you are using. At that page, find the type of source you need to cite and click on the radio button. Then click on Show Me at the bottom of the screen. Fill in the boxes with the information needed. You need the URL for web sites, so copy and paste that into a word document so you don't have to go back and get it when you are working on this page. OR so you don't have to type it. Most URLs are long and complicated.

What are the three types of resources I must use in doing my research?

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4. Use of Information - You should have a good idea of what you are looking for before you begin reading through the sources you locate. What are the key points you are looking for? What subject headings or keywords will get you the kind of information you need? You want to be an active reader. To do that, you need to plan ahead. Planning ahead will also help you organize the information as you gather it.

Here are some techniques to use for organizing your information as you read.

And, while you are gathering information, be sure to keep a record of the sources you are using.

5. Synthesis - How will I show my results? Due date _____________________.

6. Evaluation - How will I know that I have done my best? (Answer all questions before assignment is turned in) Due date ____________________.

___ What I created to finish the assignment is what I was supposed to do in #1

___ My work is neat

___ Information found in #4 matches information needed in #1

___ My work is complete and includes my name and date

Did I make the right choices in planning and working through this assignment?

Did I list all of the information that I would need? (Step #1)

Did I list and select the best possible sources to find this information? (Step #2)

Did I use the best methods to locate the information? (Step #3)