CFE

Outside Reading

Mrs. Darbee/ Mrs. Shapiro

Student Objective

Students will be able to understand the difference between College Level Non-Fiction vs. Young Adult Non-Fiction

Students will be able to locate a college level book and find a book review that will meet the expectations of the assignment

Students will review how to log on to SORA

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Topic Selection

*Political issues such as global warming, immigration, etc is allowable

*Topics regarding specific politicians will not be allowed

College level Non-Fiction vs Young Adult Non-Fiction

Young Adult Non-Fiction vs. College-Level Non-Fiction

Finding a Book

High School Collection/ OPAC

CFE slides

Novelist Plus (VRC)

Using the Virtual Reference Collection I recommend:

In the Literature/Language section: Novelist Plus

-Recommended Reads List (Non-Fiction + Adult)

-Use Advanced Search (Adult + Non-Fiction)



Barnes & Noble (click here)

Click on Books --> Non-Fiction --> Search by subject

SORA (through Classlink)

Use Preferences

Audience: General Adult

Select Non-Fiction in Popular Subjects



Locating Book Reviews

Using the Virtual Reference Collection I recommend:

In the magazine/newspaper section: Proquest (Multiple Databases)

Search term: Title and author


New York Times Book Review

Locating Additional Scholarly Sources 4/22/21

Objective: Students will be able to determine a scholarly vs. non-scholarly article

Students will be able to locate a scholarly source for their CFE research assignment

Example 1

Example 2

Locating scholarly sources

Student Objective 5/11/21

Students will be able to add books and database articles to their Noodletools bibliography using MLA format

Students will be able to add internal citations within their paper using MLA format