Assignment: Track Town Research

Class Name: Northwest History / Literature
Teacher: Lasher / Thomas

North Library Resource List

Print materials in the North Library

What?

Task Definition
1. What is my research question?
2. What do I already know?
3. What information do I need?

Where?

Search Plan
1. What type of information do I need? For example: general, in depth, current, historical, biographical, issue oriented, other?
2. Review suggested resources, circle ones that fit, prioritize your list.
3. Evaluate resources for significance, accuracy, currency, authority.

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Sample Book List

Sample Reference Book List

Special Collections

  • Travel Guides for over 75 countries
  • Culturegrams for lifestyles of people worldwide
  • CQ Researcher for issues across the curriculum
  • Occupational Briefs 400 current job descriptions and analysis

How?

Location & Access
1. Jot down rich words that relate to your topic.
2. Check your words, change your words if your search fails.
3. Focus your search by looking for relationships between elements in your research question.

Words to try for keyword or SUBJECT searching in the North Library catalog.

 

 

 

Online materials

North Library Online Databases
Easy access to current information from reliable , authoritative sources.
Home access passwords available from Mrs. Leeson

Cyberography

Citation Maker
Helps you state exactly from where you got your ideas and information.

Kenny Moore Author Visit

Bill Bowerman

Hayward Field

University of Oregon

Steve Prefontaine

2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials

Nike Inc.

  • Nikebiz.com Great timeline of Nike and the co-founders Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman

Eugene Running Community

Cyberography made available by Mrs. Leeson, Librarian
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