Research Databases and Sites-

 

Issues and Controversies in American History www.2facts.com

          (get your log in and password from media center)

            Michigan Electronic Library www.mel.org

                     -Opposing ViewPoints Database

 

FirstGov –Explore Topics  www.usa.gov

ProCon.org   http://www.procon.org/

American National Biography http://www.anb.org/articles/home.html

          (get your log in and password from media center)

 

Global Issues  http://www.globalissues.org/

RefDesk  - Subject categories, newspapers, encyclopedias  www.refdesk.com

 

Google   www.google.com

-to limit the results, utilize the “quotation marks ” around your search terms

 

Getting Started Writing-

             Thesis Builder and Online Outliner http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/

-find a topic

-create a good thesis statement

-generate an outline

 

 

Bibiliographic Help can be found on the High School Media Center page -click HERE