Provides
access to authoritative reference content, pertinent primary
sources, and a wealth of historical insight and analysis on the
important themes and consequences of all major U.S.-involved
wars, from the founding of the country to the present.
Provides 200 topics, each with an
overview (objective background/description), point (argument)
and counterpoint (opposing argument). Contains materials from
all viewpoints, including 800 main essays, leading political
magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV
news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.
Most of these
databases can be clicked on from this page, and you'll be taken
to a page which will request a username and password. (Passwords
are available from your library.)
A few exceptions (Greenwood Daily
Life, Issues & Controversies, CQ Researcher) must be accessed
through a different web address. Click on the link in the left
square to get that web address.
Passwords cannot be posted.Please get the list of
passwords from your library.
Print out this worksheet. Fill in the
information. It tells you where to put your commas, periods, and
colons. Easy to use, and you are the one typing up the
citations.
Produced by the University of
Wisconsin. Has examples for books, articles, government
publication, encyclopedia, interviews, film, television, and
online sources.
"Citation Machine is an interactive
Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing
reference citations for crediting information from other
people." Just punch in your info, and it creates the correct
formatting for you.
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