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For Ms. Austin's Honors English IV Classes:
The FAQ handout for Website Design
| Step 1 - Getting Started: |
| Quick
Checklist for Research Print this page in Landscape format to make it fit on one page. When you print, choose Preferences and then choose Landscape. |
 This is a good resource to use throughout your research as you have questions. |
| Step 2 - Options for Sources: |
| Search
for Books and Other Resources in the Media Center |
 See Ms. Bogle or Ms. Monteith for the username and password at ALBHS. Use Grolier From Home Answer the 4 questions and submit. The Grolier username and password will only be used the first time you try it. A cookie will be placed on your hard drive so that each time that you try to access the site from that particular computer, the website will remember you. (Make sure that cookies are enabled or you will only be able to use the username and password one time.) |
(This is the page for ALL of the resouces available from the State of NC. Choose the "Magazines" link to get to the magazine database. The Subject Guide Search is a great way to use the magazine database.) |
What Makes a Good Website? The 5 Ws Elvis Helps You Evaluate Websites on You Tube Take a quick, silly, 8 question quiz to see if you can evaluate websites well. |
| Step 3 - Location of Information: |
| Pictures
That You Do Not Have To Cite: Pics4learning (Just list "Pics4learning.com") Free Foto (Just list "Freefoto.com" and Microsoft Office Clip Art Online |
| Step 4 - Organizing Your Thoughts: |
| Model
for Using Note Cards (Scroll down to see the example note card) |
| Quiz
Yourself To See How Well You Understand Plagiarism Quiz 1 - Is It Plagiarism? Quiz 2 - Which One is Plagiarized? Quiz 3 - Check Your Re-Wording Skills |
Step
4 (cont.) - Giving Credit to Your Sources: |
| Quiz
Yourself To See How Well You Understand Citations Quiz 1 - Do You Need to Cite This? Quiz 2 - Is the In-Text Citation Done Correctly? Quiz 3 - Another One: Is the In-Text Citation Done Correctly? |
| Step 5 - Putting It All Together: |
| Step 6 - Checking Your Work: |
Send Your Project To Your Teacher The "You Send It" service is free up to 100 MB. You enter the person's e-mail that you want to send the file to and send the file. It actually uploads the file to their server and sends a message to the person with a link to download the file. It stays on their server for 7 days. |
The 5 "Ws" of Website Evaluation:
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Our example notecards put in outline format:
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Our example outline put into a paragraph:
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All of the following are
considered plagiarism:
* turning in someone else's work as your own
* copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
* failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
* giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
* changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving
credit
* copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority
of your work, whether you give credit or not
This information was taken from:
What is Plagiarism?
2007. Paradigms, LLC. 15 January 2008. <http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/what_is_plagiarism.html>.
Over 11,000 volume book collection -
To search the book collection from home, click here and then choose "Search the MC from home".
Newspaper subscriptions:
· The Charlotte Observer
· The Salisbury Post
· The Independent Tribune
· USA Today
8 print encyclopedias
Almanacs
Spanish-English dictionaries and French-English dictionaries
Over 75 magazines for both research and leisure (For complete list of titles, please see “Magazines List”.)
NC Wise Owl (reference service from NCDPI)
9 Reference E-books (linked from Card Catalog - search "EBOOK" and click the "Call Number" button)
Recommended websites (linked from Card Catalog)
Online subscriptions to:
· Lands and Peoples
· America the Beautiful
· Popular Science
· Encyclopedia Americana
· New Book of Knowledge
· Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
· Cumbre en Linea (Spanish Encyclopedia)
21 computer stations in media center
19 computer stations in adjoining lab
VHS camera and tripod
Coin-operated copy machine (10˘ / copy)
Paper cutter
Letter cutter (4” tall letters & assorted shapes)
Tape players
Slide projectors
Opaque projector (to enlarge and trace images directly projected from a piece of paper)
Record player (if you need it…)
| American Artist American Heritage * American History American Literature * Atlantic Monthly * Book Digest * Booklist Business Week Car and Driver Careers and Colleges Cars and Parts Christianity Today Conde Nast Traveler Consumer Reports Cosmo Girl Crafts 'N Things Current Biography Current Health 2 Cycle World Dance Magazine Dirt Wheels Discover Dramatics Magazine E: The Environmental Magazine Ebony Education Digest Electronic Gaming Monthly English Journal * Entertainment Weekly Essence Everyday with Rachel Ray Family Handyman Field and Stream Game Pro Magazine Guideposts Sweet 16 Harper's Magazine Health Hmoob Teen Ideals * Jet Latina |
Life * |
Cabarrus County Public Library Home Page
Rowan County Public Library Home Page
Links to All NC Academic Libraries One page that links to all the academic libraries’ pages in North Carolina, including Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, UNC-Charlotte, and Catawba College.
General:
Internet Public Library Reference Sources Online almanacs, biographies, and many more reference tools are available here. The site offers collections of resources by subject and is also searchable.
2-1-1 Find services provided in North Carolina for food, housing, employment, counseling, health care, volunteer opportunities and more. (You can also call 211 on your home phone or dial 1-888-892-1162 from your cell phone.)
Couldn’t find it anywhere else? From iTools.com,this site has lots of searchable databases to help you find whatever you need, from phone numbers to quotations to web page translators.
History:
World FactBook From the CIA, this site provides almanac-style information on every country. Find out about the geography, people, economy, communications, government, military, etc. for each country.
Awesome Stories Easy-to-read discussions of history with links to original documents, art, etc. that help explain the information.
Encyclopedia Mythica An encyclopedia devoted to mythology, folklore, and legends.
Religions of the World "The purpose of this site is to offer readings that present the ideas and beliefs of predominant religious movements." Discussion questions are included.
Foreign Language:
Just type in the word you need to translate between the two languages, and choose the most appropriate translation for your passage.
Spanish-English or French-English Dictionary #1
Spanish-English or French-English Dictionary #2
Spanish-English or French-English Dictionary #3
English:
Shakespearean Homework Helper Links to resources on Shakespeare and the ability to ask questions for help.
Literary Criticism Links to literary criticism on the Internet Public Library.
Science:
The NC Biotech Website Of particular interest to all of us in Kannapolis!
Medline Plus The U.S. National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. This is the free website that doctors recommend for health information.
Chemistry Database of chemistry links provided by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, England.
Periodic Table Interactive version of the periodic table from RSC: Advancing the Chemical Sciences.
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