MODERN HEROES October 28, 2008
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Here are some of the research suggestions and web resources we discussed when Mrs. Martin’s English I classes came to the library this week. Refer to your handout for more complete information. The library staff will be happy to help if you are having trouble finding resources for your research.
There are a couple of ways to search library catalogs for books:
- Do a Subject search for your person: enter Last Name, First Name
- Do a Keyword search for your person: enter “First Name Last Name” (use the quotation marks)
- Do a Subject search by a profession or area of endeavor: Women physicians, Women dancers, Women politicians. Or broaden your search by dropping “Women”; for example, Physicians, Dancers, Politicians. Then use the Table of Contents or index to find women working in these fields.
Search the Res Library Catalog and also your public library catalog. Here are the links to some public libraries:
- Chicago Public Library (http://www.chipublib.org)
- Niles Public Library (http://www.nileslibrary.org)
- Park Ridge Public Library (http://www.parkridgelibrary.org)
Some of the databases we subscribe to that might be helpful are:
- Britannica Online. This online encyclopedia provides basic, introductory information and is a great place to start. Look at all the places your person is mentioned so you have a better idea of her accomplishments and significance.
- Reader’s Guide Full Text Select. This is a database of articles published in magazines. Once you login, click on the checkbox next to “Reader’s Guide.”
- EBSCO Science Reference Center. Once you login, click on “EBSCOhost Research Databases” to get to the Science Reference Center. This is a good place to find information on scientists, astronauts, doctors, etc. It includes chapters from books, reports, and articles from journals and magazines.
- Gale Literature Resource Center. An important source if you are researching an author or poet. Make sure only the checkbox next to “Biographies” is checked in the “By content type:” section and this will limit your search to biographical information.
- FACTS.com Issues & Controversies and Today’s Science. These are 2 separate databases. Use Issues & Controversies for information about women active in social and political issues. Use Today’s Science for women working in science, medicine, health care, etc.
Here are some web resources to get you started. Some of these sites are good places to look for ideas of a woman to research. Whatever website you find, make sure you know who the author is and their credentials so you know the extent to which you can trust the information you are given.
- Internet Public Library Biographies Collection (http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.00.00)
- Librarians’ Internet Index (http://www.lii.org)
- Time 100 (http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100)
- Women Nobel Laureates (http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/women.html)
- Women of NASA (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/intro.html)
- Center for American Women and Politics (http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu)
- Sports : Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers (http://americanhistory.si.edu/sports/exhibit/introduction/index.cfm)
- Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership (http://www.guide2womenleaders.com)
Mrs. Martin will help you use your Writing Stylus to format your citations and create your bibliography. Another excellent resource for help with the MLA format is the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/). The Oregon School Library Information System provides a nice set of examples of MLA citations in a PDF document (http://old.oslis.org/docs/MLAcitexamprtnprt8-07.pdf).
NEW NONFICTION BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY October 8, 2008
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On Call : A Doctor’s Days and Nights In Residency;
by Emily Transue (find it on our shelves at 610.92 TRA)
Stolen Voices : Young People’s War Diaries from World War I to Iraq; edited with commentaries by Zlata Filipovic and Melanie Challenger (302.2309 STO)
Censorship on the Internet : From Filters to Freedom of Speech; by Wendy Herumin (363.31 HER)
Theories for Everything : An Illustrated History of Science from the Invention of Numbers to String Theory; by John Langone (509 LAN)
Why a Curveball Curves : The Incredible Science of Sport; edited by Frank Vizard (613.71 WHY)
The Way Toys Work : The Science Behind the Magic 8 Ball, Etch-a-Skech, Boomerang, and More; by Edwin Sobey
Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America; by Jacqueline Barnitz (709.8 BAR)
Drawing Manga; by Selina Dean (741.5 DEA)
Get a Hobby! : 101 All-Consuming Diversions for Any Lifestyle; by Tina Barseghian (790.13 BAR)
The Great Adventure : Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America; by Albert Marrin (921 ROO)
Twyla Tharp : Dancer and Choreographer; by James Robert Parish (921 THA)
A Medieval Knight; by James Barter (940.1 BAR)
American Colonies; by Alan Taylor (973.2 TAY)
GREEK-ROMAN MYTHOLOGY October 7, 2008
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For students in Ms. Boe’s World History classes, here are a couple of sites that weren’t on your handout. I’ve also listed all of the web resources from your handout so you won’t have to type in all of the URLs. Don’t forget to use Britannica Online (http://www.school.eb.com) for basic information about gods and goddesses and Greek mythology.
First, for help with your bibliography, go to the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/). Click on the “Research and Citation” tab along the right-side menu. The “APA Formatting and Style Guide” is an excellent tool to help you cite and format correctly. Take a minute to look at all of the other resources provided under “Research and Citation.” This site can help you in many of your classes, both now and in the future.
Second, here are a few more sites that we found after your handout was printed.
- Theoi Greek Mythology (http://www.theoi.com)
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures (http://eawc.evansville.edu/grpage.htm) Click on the “Internet Sites” link along the left-side menu to browse more sources.
- Internet Public Library Pathfinder on Greek Mythology (http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48479/)
- Daily Life Online : World Folklore and Folklife (http://folklore.greenwood.com) This is a trial database. See Ms. Boe or one of us in the Library for the Username and Password to access this database.
Here are the links from the handout:
- Bulfinch’s Mythology on Bartleby.com (http://www.bartleby.com/bulfinch/)
- Encyclopedia Mythica (http://www.pantheon.org)
- British Museum — Ancient Greece (http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Ancient History — Greeks (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/)
- Minnesota State University — Ancient Greek Civilizations (http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/)
- Tufts University Perseus Digital Library — Hercules (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/)
- World News Network — Ancient Greece (http://www.ancientgreece.com)
- U.S. Census Bureau — U.S. Gazetteer (http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer/)
- Librarians’ Internet Index (http://www.lii.org)
- Oregon School Library Information System (http://www.oslis.org/resources/cm/apacitations)
OPEN MIC NIGHT October 2, 2008
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St. Patrick High School, 5900 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago, is hosting an Open Mic Night on Friday, October 10 at 7:00 p.m. and Res poets and singers are invited to perform. Poems and songs may be either original or by another artist/poet. See the flyer in the library for more information.
Even if you’re not a performer, you can always stop by and enjoy the show. It will be held in the St. Patrick H.S. Atrium (enter off the Belmont Parking Lot). Admission is free.
