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Mrs. Reynolds sharing booktalks with 4th period English 11 classes
It's important to use databases--databases are reliable, specialized search resources that include filtered results. For this specific project, consider these databases:
American History Online--link on top left; username greenwoodchs, password woodmen
World History Online--link on top left; username greenwoodchs, password woodmen
American Memory (Library of Congress)--actual historical documents, recordings, images, etc.
Think beyond Google, which will give you millions of hits (with the majority being unrelated or unreliable). Try one of these instead:
Google Scholar--focuses on scholarly literature like articles, theses, books, abstracts, U.S. court documents, etc. It gives research publications that are based on the results of research or studies.
Sweet Search--a search engine specifically for students with research-filtered results
Avoid sites like these:
Example 1--Although the answer is sufficient, we don't know who is answering or where they received their information.
Example 2--Watch out for advertisements, authors with no credentials, and generalized "about" sites
Example 3--Website colors demonstrate their "seriousness." Also watch for source credits; when missing, you as the reader are unaware how the article's author found the information.
