11th Grade Honors English

Mission:

The mission of the CBA Markert Library program is to teach information literacy in collaboration with classroom teachers within the context of the content curriculum, inspire and develop a love of reading, and provide diverse materials and services to enable students to become life-long learners and effective users of information.

**Big 6 Research Method**
	1.1. Define the problem 1.2 Identify the information requirements	Steps 1.1 and 1.2: Questions developed in class Event: What happened? What caused it? When (date range) - how long did it last? Who was involved? Why is this event significant? Was it a local, national, or world-wide event? What was the public reaction? What was the effect on history? How do we perceive this event now? What is the effect on our lives today? Person: What was this person's influence on society? What is he known for? How did it turn out? What were his goals or achievements? How was he perceived at the time? Now? Format: text, maps, pictures, audio and video, charts and graphs
	2.1 Determine kinds of sources 2.2 Prioritize sources	Books, Internet, magazines, encyclopedia, documentaries, newspapers, interview (experts), databases Prioritize according to your need; make sure you are not using encyclopedias as cited sources.
	3.1 Locate actual resources 3.2 Locate information	Books: 959.704 Databases: Ebsco, Wilson, Gale, Proquest Internet: Google, but be sure to credential your source *Recommended sites:* Walter Cronkite, 1968 Vietnam on Television PBS: Vietnam Texas Tech University: The Vietnam Center Note: be very careful to establish accademically acceptable credentials for all* your sources.*
	4.1 Engage (read, view, interview) 4.2 Extract (make notes)	Take notes electronically, making sure to capture info for citation. Citation generator Note: You are responsible for the accuracy of your citation, not the generator or the database vendor.
	5.1 Organize information 5.2 Present information	The Works Cited page will be the last page of your paper. Make sure that your Works Cited page follows MLA formatting: 1" margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, with resources in alphabetical order in hanging format. Be careful to use MS Word View>Header and Footer for the pagination. *Use proper MLA date formatting:* Heading: 21 October 2009 Citation: 21 Oct 2009 REMINDER: NO encyclopedia entries are acceptable as sources, even those inside a database.
	6.1 Judge the product 6.2 Judge the process	What did you learn about the Vietnan War? What could you have done to make your paper stronger? What did you learn about planning your research? Sources?
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Big 6 Research Method

1.1. Define the problem

1.2 Identify the information requirements

Steps 1.1 and 1.2: Questions developed in class

Event: What happened? What caused it? When (date range) - how long did it last? Who was involved? Why is this event significant? Was it a local, national, or world-wide event? What was the public reaction? What was the effect on history? How do we perceive this event now? What is the effect on our lives today?

Person: What was this person's influence on society? What is he known for? How did it turn out? What were his goals or achievements? How was he perceived at the time? Now?

Format: text, maps, pictures, audio and video, charts and graphs

2.1 Determine kinds of sources

2.2 Prioritize sources

Books, Internet, magazines, encyclopedia, documentaries, newspapers, interview (experts), databases

Prioritize according to your need; make sure you are not using encyclopedias as cited sources.

3.1 Locate actual resources

3.2 Locate information

Books: 959.704

Databases: Ebsco, Wilson, Gale, Proquest

Internet: Google, but be sure to credential your source

Recommended sites:

Walter Cronkite, 1968

Vietnam on Television

PBS: Vietnam

Texas Tech University: The Vietnam Center

Note: be very careful to establish accademically acceptable credentials for all your sources.

4.1 Engage (read, view, interview)

4.2 Extract (make notes)

Take notes electronically, making sure to capture info for citation.

Citation generator

Note: You are responsible for the accuracy of your citation, not the generator or the database vendor.

5.1 Organize information

5.2 Present information

The Works Cited page will be the last page of your paper.

Make sure that your Works Cited page follows MLA formatting: 1" margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, with resources in alphabetical order in hanging format.

Be careful to use MS Word View>Header and Footer for the pagination.

Use proper MLA date formatting:

Heading: 21 October 2009

Citation: 21 Oct 2009

REMINDER: NO encyclopedia entries are acceptable as sources, even those inside a database.

6.1 Judge the product

6.2 Judge the process

What did you learn about the Vietnan War?

What could you have done to make your paper stronger? What did you learn about planning your research? Sources?