North Eugene High School Library

For the 2 encyclopedic references about general information about your topic, the library’s resources best suited for this would be World Book Encyclopedia.

For the 8 biased resources for Mr. S’s annotated bib., the library suggests starting by using the SIRS database and clicking on the Pros/Cons section above the search bar. This will bring up a list of topics, and while they might not be applicable to the historical element of your paper, one will more than likely be applicable to your project as a whole. For instance, if your paper is about the atomic bomb’s use during World War II, the “nuclear weapons” issue will be able to provide content about your project. Once you have selected a topic, then go to the “opposing viewpoints” link on the left side of the page. This will give you biased information that is trustworthy. If you have any questions about which topic applies to your project, feel free to ask Manny.

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Step 0 Resources:

You must recreate a quality replica of your state’s flag. You can find a copy of the flag using the Global Issues link on the left toolbar.

You must also create an easy to read, quality map of your state. Your map should be on the backside of the paper of the flag and include the following:

• Capitol
• Major Geographic Features (mountain ranges, forests, deserts, etc.)
• Major water bodies (lakes, rivers, oceans, deltas, seas, etc.)
• Neighboring States

For a copy of the map, go to this page to find an easy to print, blank outline map to use for this assignment.

Steps 1-3 – Research of your state

North Library has the Global Issues database available for your access and while not on NEHS campus, the password is easy to remember (the initials of our school, with the city name spelled out – all lowercase). You can also use the CIA World Fact Book for this information.

Global Issues is a geographical database that is a one-stop shop for all of this project’s needs. Every country in Africa is represented by its own portal with daily updates and contains a wealth of information including:

• A general country overview
• Quick Facts including most of the basic facts about the country and a link to the country profile
• Links to Global Viewpoint editorials
• Links to reference sources from online encyclopedias
• Links to statistical data about the country
• Links to full-text News stories and Magazines
• Links to full-text Academic/Scholarly articles about the country
• There are also links to issues related to Africa as a whole.

Another great feature of this database is that all of the links provided on each portal page also has the MLA citation of each page included at the bottom of the link.

1. Step one is simply finding basic information. The portal page, as well as the reference material on each page should be able to fulfill all of the required credentials.
2. Step two is finding five headlines about the country. The magazines and news links can help you easily find information about this material.
3. Step three includes searching through the scholarly articles to find information specific to economic development, the natural environment, public health, the lives of children, or human rights. All of the sources found on this database will be a reputable source.

Other sources for Steps 1-3

• CIA World Factbook Brief country profiles, fairly current statistics across a broad range of data.
• All Africa.com Current news stories about Africa. Search by Region/Countries OR Topic.
• Human Rights Watch Human rights. Select Africa in left index. Then country in right index.
• Infotrac magazine articles. Search by country name and narrow results.
• New York Times – Africa NY Times index of current topics on Africa
• Geo-Data E-book on physical geography of every country. Search with name of country.
• Flags of the World 25,000 flags
• Book:Ref xxx Cultures of the World
• Book: Ref 320 Fin Financial Times World Desk Reference

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Quiz yourself on diagrams about rat dissection
http://www.utm.edu/departments/cens/biology/rirwin/RatAnat.htm

Virtual Dissection of a rat
http://educatus.com/main/samples/default.asp?lid=801486

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Here are some things to do at the beginning of your search. World Book Online also gives you a source citation at the bottom of each article, something not as easy to find on Wikipedia.org

Check out this World Book article on the basics of Native Americans.

Here is a map of U.S. Reservations.

Here is an example of an article on a specific tribe, The Nootka Indians.

You can also try to type the name of your tribe in our library’s Online Catalog at the top of the page or look at the prepulled books on the cart.

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Point your browser to http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html and grab 3 photographs that pertain to Northwest History.

Save the photos to your server and make sure the file is 300dpi.

Then print the photo and create a caption with what you believe someone would be saying while this photo was taken.

Turn this into your sub.

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Okay, the purpose of this exercise today is not only to get you some resources for your magazine project, but also to build some familiarity with the databases that we have here at northlibrary.com.

First off, whenever you are doing research on any topic, you want to learn the vocabulary and facts that surround an issue, that way if you must do some more in depth research, you can always use the words you find first to aid you in your search strings.

So, the first thing that you need to do is hit the “World Book” link over to your left and select “World Book Advanced.” Do your search, read your article and then look to your left and you will find other resources. Click those to read more about your topic.

You can also search “Enlightenment,” and it will bring you to the article that covers the whole period.

Now you can go back to Northlibrary.com and click on the Gale Virtual Reference database that searches all of the eBooks Gale and our library has to offer.  Here, you want to look at the Encyclopedia of religion.

You can also go onto the web and look for information, but after looking at the databases, you may realize it isn’t the best quality.

-M

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Your searches for this topic are going to be chaotic especially as you are looking at gender in the Olympics.

• Start with the World Book Article. It will give you some background data.
• Then try this records site.
• Check out this definition of gender inequality.
• Here is a fairly scholarly piece  on gender inequality.
• There is a discussion on co-ed curling here.

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The link page at culture-at-work.com, a website devoted to Japanese culture, will provide information on a variety of Japanese specific elements for the assignment. For your convenience, I listed these links at the bottom of this post.   These links will help answer the questions for your paper and provide some resources. Some of these links, which point to .edu sites, could be considered scholarly sources. 

For your scholarly resource: Try World Book or Global Issues or Infotrac and search your topic title for scholarly background. You could totally go old school and search for a book in our catalog as well.

For Citation of images, use the Internet image link on Citation Maker

Essential, Informed, & Intriguing
Sites about Japanese Culture

 

• Launch Points
• Arts & Fashions
• Economy & Politics
• Education
• Food
• Geography & Maps

• History
• Japanese Language
• Leisure, Tourism, Consumption
• Life Cycle
• Literature
• Media sources
• Photographs

• Religion
• Rural Life
• Sports
• Urban Life
• Workplace
• Other Topics and Resources

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Seniors need to check their accounts to make sure they are clear of all library fees. This can be done by clicking on the following link:

http://lib4j.lane.edu/patroninfo

Log in using your Name and Lunch Code as your password.

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