Social Issues  Persuasive Paper 8th Grade 2007-2008
Topic Selection:  Topics
Citation:  Works Cited Worksheets   Easybib
Organization: Persuasion Map Sketch Pad    Persuasion Map Online
Source Location: Preliminary Research Source Check (PDF)
Internet Links  (Works cited - Internet source)
 
For Background and Definitions on your topic:
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  • Viewpoint Websites:
    • Debatabase is a searchable reference utility for debaters
    Ohio University Viewpoints Links
    Social Issues current social issues from multiple perspectives
    Yahoo Directory of Social Issues
    Opinion Polls: Govspot.com  a great collection of websites for essays and public opinion on social and current event issues!
    The Free Library: searchable internet collection of free magazines and other publications
    Washington Databases: (Works Cited - Online Databases)
    Opposing Viewpoints
    Ebsco
    Books:
    Washington LRC (at school only)
    Naperville Public Library Catalog (Place holds online)
    Online Encyclopedias and Reference Works
    Worldbook Encyclopedia 
    Naperville Public Library Databases   
    User ID: last 7 digits of your Naperville library barcode
    Password:  the last 4 digits of your telephone number
    Sirs: search interface that allows integrated access to full-text articles, Internet sites, documents and graphics from SIRS reference databases (Social Issues Research)
    Infotrac  An index to newspapers, magazines and reference books, full text articles on all subjects, back to 1980
    Infotrac Health Center  index to newspapers, magazines and reference, full text articles on health topics
     
    Primary Sources:
    What are primary sources?
    Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the events or conditions being documented. Often these sources are created at the time when the events or conditions are occurring, but primary sources can also include autobiographies, memoirs, and oral histories recorded later. Primary sources are characterized by their content, regardless of whether they are available in original format, in microfilm/microfiche, in digital format, or in published format.
    Where can you find primary sources?
    Opposing Viewpoints
    Library of Congress Memory Project (ask for help)
    Google: Search for a specific  original document, legislation, photograph

     

     
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