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How to Cite Information you Find Online

Watch the screencast to find out how to cite any sources you find that are not on a database. (Remember that databases do the citations for you).

How to Cite Online Images

Watch the video to see how you can access databases through Classlink or through the local public library.

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How to Access Databases.webm

How to Access Databases

Databases are a rich source of relaible information that the school pays for. When you access information through a database, you know you can trust it, you don't have to worry about paywalls, and the citations are done for you.

How to Access your NYTimes Account

The District pays for everyone to have a free NYtimes account, but you have to reactivate it every year. The slide on the right shows you how to do that. If you search for "Qingming Festival," You will find some great images.

Chinese Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution: all you need to know about China's political convulsionFifty years ago one of the bloodiest eras in history began, in which as many as two million people died. But who started it and what was it for?

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A Brief Overview of China’s Cultural Revolution | BritannicaThe Cultural Revolution began on May 16, 1966, under the direction of Mao Zedong.

The Great Chinese Famine

A Grim Chronicle Of China's Great FamineFor 10 years, journalist Yang Jinsheng secretly collected official evidence about the terrible famine in China a half-century ago. In his chilling book Tombstone — which is banned in his homeland — Yang estimates that 36 million people died of starvation and other causes during the famine, even as grain exports continued.

Starving a Nation With the Politics of IllusionAsia: Mao's farming plan left millions dead in China. Today, some fear N. Korea is hiding its own disaster.

Mail Order Brides

Go West, Young Woman!

"Mail Order Brides" Still ExistThe mail order bride business as it now operates may be in the perverse position of attempting to match independent, nontraditional women with very traditional Western men.

QingMing Festival

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Tomb-sweeping Day: The story behind Qingming FestivalTomb-sweeping Day, which is also called Qingming Festival, is one of the most important festivals in China. It is around April 4th every calendar year, the fifteenth day after vernal equinox. Its h…

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Origins of Origami

Click the image to visit the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking at Georgia Tech

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