US History I Mini Research Project

Try doing a search for a person or topic you are exploring to see what is available in the library.

Gale in Context: US History: Study guides and articles about U.S. History topics. This is a great place to get started.

Gale in Context: Biography: Another great option for getting biographical information about historical figures that you are studying.

Open the Google Doc below for help with how to cite different types of sources.

Social Studies Citation Guide

These are the basic elements of an MLA citation:

When you put together your citation, you will put these parts in order, and use the punctuation marks as shown.

Other places to get citation help:

OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue - information on how to cite almost anything.
mybib.com - free and simple online citation generator.
Citation Resources - the library's citation page.
Use the built in citation generator in Google Docs!