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PATTERSON ASSIGNMENTS/RESOURCES:

   World History Database Sources

                     Powerpoint: Don't Surf, Search!   Search Strategy: Worksheet
Evaluating Websites:  Website Evaluation Guide (WHPS)    Website Evaluation Guide (CARD)

Website description or "annotation" example:
Answer four questions relating to your source

1.  How did you locate it? What database, search tool did you use?
2.  Who wrote it? Can you determine anything about the author’s credentials?
3.  Where did it come from: the site of a major organization, university, public TV station, a journal,etc.? 4.  Why did you choose this source over the many others available?

Example

Skiba, Russ and Kevin Dwyer. “School Violence: Listening to the Students.”
NASP Communiqué. Volume 28, No. 2 Oct. 1999. <http://www.nasponline.org/publications/cq282violence.html>

This article appeared on my Google result list when I used the keywords “cliques” AND “middle school.” Skiba, a Ph.D., is on the faculty of the School Psychology Program at Indiana University and is Director of the Institute for Child Study at Indiana University. Dwyer, the president of the National Association of School Psychologists,
is an author and retired school psychologist. The article is posted on the site of the National Association of School Psychologists and discusses the serious relationship of cliques to school violence. The argument directly supports my thesis.

   US History Research Paper Guides

US paper requirements and schedule Keys to developing a good thesis How to complete research for history
Subject areas & topics What formal outlines look like Preliminary outlines for papers & essays
Using strong secondary &
primary sources
Setting your margins in WORD Parenthetical help
Bibliography page help Endnoting style sheets Sample paper: Nazi medical experiments