Odyssey Travel Brochure (Missert & Bradley)

Start Your Research Here

Country Information & Travel Advisory Sites

Start here for basic information about the Greek islands from highly reputable sources.

• • World Geography and Culture Online - Start here! Great resource for culture, cuisine, statistics, and more. You will need a password (ask your teacher or your friendly librarian) to log on to this database.

  • CIA World Factbook - Information on history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, and more, from the Central Intelligence Agency.

Tourism & Travel Guide Sites

As you use these sites, pay attention to who writes for them and why.

• • Visit Greece - The official website of the Greek National Tourism Organization, supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

  • Lonely Planet - Destination information and travel advice on hotels, sites, and more from Lonely Planet.

  • Rough Guides - Destination information and travel advice from Rough Guides.

  • About.com Travel - Comprehensive trip planning tips from About.com authors.

  • TripAdvisor - Reviews and travel advice from travelers.

Literature Resources

Looking for a little more background on The Odyssey or Homer? You've come to the right place!

• • Literature Resources from Gale - Your one stop shop for information on literature, authors, and more.

Welcome to Greece!

Citing Sources

Reminder: Whenever you use information or ideas that are not your own (and not common knowledge), you must cite your sources. The same is true for images, unless you are the original artist.

Not sure how to format citations? The Son of Citation Machine website can help.

Tip: The World Geography database has a ready made citation at the end of each article. Just copy and paste!

Evaluating Websites

Use the following questions to evaluate the quality of your sources. It's as easy as ABC(A).

Authority

• • Who is the author or the person responsible for the page? Remember, anyone can create a website.

  • Is the author an expert in this field? How can you tell?

  • Is there a way to contact the author?

  • Is the website sponsored by a particular group or organization?

Bias

• • What is the purpose of the page? To teach? To sell? To persuade? To entertain? To complete a class assignment?

  • Is the site primarily subjective (opinionated), objective (factual), or mixed?

Currency

• • When was the site last updated?

  • Is the site well maintained, or are there a lot of broken links?

Accuracy

• • Where does the information come from?

  • Are there references or other works cited information?

  • Are there grammatical, spelling, or typographical errors?

  • Does the information conflict with things you know to be true?

How to Make a Brochure

It's easy to make a tri-fold brochure using Microsoft Publisher on school computers. Just follow these directions and ask Ms. Kitsis or Mr. Snyder for help if you get stuck.

• • Open Microsoft Publisher.

  • Select File and New to open the available templates. Under the Most Popular area, double click Brochures.

  • View the thumbnails and double click on the template you like best (scroll down to see more options).

  • Add your own text and pictures. Have fun!

Tip: You can delete pictures and paste in your own, or right click on an image and select Change Picture to swap out one you have saved to the computer.