11th Grade 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	Task: research assigned perspective (Puritan, Feminist, Psychological) Puritan: What is the religion based on? What are the differences from other Christian religions? Where did the faith originate? Why did they come to America? How did contemporaries view Puritans? How much did the religion dominate the believers’ actions and decisions? Feminist: What is the definition of feminism? When did this viewpoint appear? What caused feminism to appear? How was it expressed? What was the societal reaction? What was society’s view of women? Who were the major feminists? What are the goals of the movement? How is the philosophy applied to literary works? Psychological/Freudian: Who was Freud? When did he live? What was his environment like? What were some of his theories? How did society respond? Format: text Research DUE: September 26 Panel discussion/report September 30
	2.1 Determine kinds of sources 2.2 Prioritize sources	Books, Internet, databases (journals) Books: have older, but more carefully researched, information Databases: current and reliable information - depending on your topic, may be too limited Internet: more current information, but need to be careful; look for credentials
	3.1 Locate actual resources 3.2 Locate information	Books: 300's for social issues; 800's for literary criticism (813) Databases: Gale (literary) Internet: Google, but be sure to credential your sources (psychology, women's studies, history degrees)
	4.1 Engage (read, view, interview) 4.2 Extract (make notes)	Take notes electronically with Microsoft Word or emailing database articles to yourself, making sure to capture info for citation. Citation generator
	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. Help with Microsoft Word Example paper *Use proper MLA date formatting:* Heading: 21 October 2010 Citation: 21 Oct 2010 DO NOT TAB. For the body of your paper, highlight your text and go to the "Paragraph" settings in Microsoft Word. Check that the settings are correct, and choose "First line". For the Works Cited page, do the same thing but choose "Hanging format". Remember that if you do not have Word at home, just use plain text with NO formatting and bring it into the library. Without importing formatting, it only takes about 5 minutes to reformat an entire paper and Works Cited page. Help with MS Word Remember, a Works Cited page uses only the sources that you have used in your project, not all the sources you gathered. Every citation on the Works Cited page will have a parenthetical citation within the paper. Conversely, every parenthetical citation will have a citation on the Works Cited page. REMINDER: NO encyclopedia entries are acceptable as sources.
	6.1 Judge the product 6.2 Judge the process
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Big 6 Research Method

1.1. Define the problem

1.2 Identify the information requirements

Task: research assigned perspective (Puritan, Feminist, Psychological)

Puritan: What is the religion based on? What are the differences from other Christian religions? Where did the faith originate? Why did they come to America? How did contemporaries view Puritans? How much did the religion dominate the believers’ actions and decisions?

Feminist: What is the definition of feminism? When did this viewpoint appear? What caused feminism to appear? How was it expressed? What was the societal reaction? What was society’s view of women? Who were the major feminists? What are the goals of the movement? How is the philosophy applied to literary works?

Psychological/Freudian: Who was Freud? When did he live? What was his environment like? What were some of his theories? How did society respond?

Format: text

Research DUE: September 26

Panel discussion/report September 30

2.1 Determine kinds of sources

2.2 Prioritize sources

Books, Internet, databases (journals)

Books: have older, but more carefully researched, information

Databases: current and reliable information - depending on your topic, may be too limited

Internet: more current information, but need to be careful; look for credentials

3.1 Locate actual resources

3.2 Locate information

Books: 300's for social issues; 800's for literary criticism (813)

Databases: Gale (literary)

Internet: Google, but be sure to credential your sources (psychology, women's studies, history degrees)

4.1 Engage (read, view, interview)

4.2 Extract (make notes)

Take notes electronically with Microsoft Word or emailing database articles to yourself, making sure to capture info for citation.

Citation generator

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.

Help with Microsoft Word

Example paper

Use proper MLA date formatting:

Heading: 21 October 2010

Citation: 21 Oct 2010

DO NOT TAB. For the body of your paper, highlight your text and go to the "Paragraph" settings in Microsoft Word. Check that the settings are correct, and choose "First line". For the Works Cited page, do the same thing but choose "Hanging format".

Remember that if you do not have Word at home, just use plain text with NO formatting and bring it into the library. Without importing formatting, it only takes about 5 minutes to reformat an entire paper and Works Cited page.

Help with MS Word

Remember, a Works Cited page uses only the sources that you have used in your project, not all the sources you gathered. Every citation on the Works Cited page will have a parenthetical citation within the paper. Conversely, every parenthetical citation will have a citation on the Works Cited page.

REMINDER: NO encyclopedia entries are acceptable as sources.

6.1 Judge the product

6.2 Judge the process