Mrs. Zianio - Current Events

For your research:

Database tutorials:

• Opposing Viewpoints, Global Issues, US History, and New York Times: the layout and search features are the same in these four databases - content is different

• American History Online: different layout and slightly different search features and Google Drive integration

Databases for info to describe your topic (Step 2) , explore the issues related to it today (Step 4 & 5), and identify solutions (Step 6):

• Opposing Viewpoints

• Global Issues in Context

• New York Times

Databases for historical context (Step 3):

• US History in Context

• American History Online (Find username/password here - you must be logged in to your LPS Google account to view database password info)

Citation manager:

MyBib.com

• tutorial video for database citations and tutorial video for website citations

• use this to keep track of your sources and create your works cited list

• one group member create the project in MyBib and then share with the other group members so each person can add sources on their own

• after all sources are added download the works cited list to your group's shared Google Drive folder and add it to the end of your outline