Morning/Afternoon Task…

Open Microsoft Word Open a blank document Insert in the footer: your name

today’s date, teacher’s name and period (center this information)

Minimize the document and be prepared to answer the quiz questions when directed

Thanks

Seniors’ Last Stand

A Tour of Information Resources for the 12th Grade Research Project

Presented by

C. T. Wicks, Media Specialist In collaboration with

Mr. Letsch Instructor- English Department

Student Objectives…(will be able to )

Identify and use the web access PHS catalog-Destiny to locate information on selected authors

Apply research skills to locate information from a variety of resources

Use electronic resources to gather information on an assigned topic

Evaluate and organize gathered information to meet required project standards

Okay, so I’m a senior, I don’t want to admit it, but I’m confused…

All authors on the reading list are boring…

Biographical notes? What’s the point? I still don’t

understand those weird abbreviations…

I’m clueless as to finding or preparing a thesis statement

What’s a works cited?

Knowing the Vocabulary… Web Based Catalog/Destiny/Destiny Quest Boolean Operators/Advanced Searching Biographical Reference Encyclopedia ( print/electronic) Individual biography Specialized Literary Resources British Writers Cumulative Resource Index (Key to Abbreviations) Databases Information Retrieval Information Synthesis Web Addresses- The Internet Documentation/Works Cited/Panther’s Pen

I know this stuff? Right?

“Every senior says this before beginning the senior project!”

The Quiz Go to DESTINY/Destiny Quest (web-based catalog) http://destiny.bcps.org/common/welcome.jsp?site=

112

Locate a book about Jane Austen and one by Jane Austen

Who is the author? What is the call number? What is the title? What type of search did you perform? Who is the publisher? Is there an editor? What’s the city of publication? Is there a web express link?

Quiz continued...

Given the following literary resource abbreviations, list the full name of each:

BLC DC BW DLB CA SFW/SSFS CLC PC DA (announcement) TCLC NFS WLC

Quiz stuff continued…

Answer questions quickly Be sure to include your name in the

footer Print your paper to Library Lab 1 or

2 printer Wait for further instructions

Using Destiny(Web Access Catalog - 24/7)

Locate Destiny http://

destiny.bcps.org/common/welcome.jsp?sit

=112 from the BCPS Home

page/Icon on desktop Open Catalog – What

are the four main ways to locate books?

Click on Web Express What kind of information can you retrieve from there?

Cumulative Index to Resources

From the Cumulative Index

Author # 1: Thomas Hardy BRW6 BRWC1 CDBLB 1890-1914 DA NFS 3,11,15 TCLC 4,10,18,32,48 WLC

Literary References

Our collection houses many multi-volume sets

Be sure to check the reference area and DESTINY for every possible title.

Remember reference items are loaned overnight.

Connecting to ‘Literature Resource

Center’

Literature Resource Center is an online database provided through the MD-K-12 Digital Library.

Resources include: Selected Contemporary Authors,

Literary Criticism, biographical and critical analysis From Destiny, select databases on

the left /Student menu from BCPS home page

http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/feebased/index.html

Select Literature Resource Center

What if I really want to use the Internet? ( If you insist…)

The Literature Resource Center provides links to individual authors’ pages

After using the suggested resources take some time to find these sites/information

Tips for the Internet

Use key works or the author’s name (“ “)

You can dual search using Poly Cola

http://polycola.com/ Boolean searches/advanced

searching is recommended Check in the Panther’s Pen

for proper citing of the address

Sample Bibliography “Biographical Sketch. Thomas Hardy.” Dictionary of Literary Biography-Victorian Novelists After 1885. Ed. Ira B. Nadel. Vol. 18. The Gale Group, 1983. 119-141. < http://galenet.galegroup.com > Delden, Maarten Van. “ Christopher Unborn” New Leader

27 November, 1989:17. Stevenson, John Allen. “A Vampire in the Mirror: the Sexuality of Dracula.” PMLA March, 1988:139-149. Rpt. In World Literature Criticism Volume 6. Ed. James Draper. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1992. 3469-3478.

Exactly what do we do?

Basic Seven Steps

Select topic/author and plan strategy(6) Gather/Sort/Sift basic resources Gather /Sort/Sift specialized resources Gather/Sort/Sift electronic resources Synthesize/Evaluate information found Final Synthesis/draft of project (meet

teacher’s criteria) Final draft/complete project –ready for

teacher

When all else fails

B.O.O.K. Use this revolutionary technology to get the job

done Use it any time and it will never crash Use the book mark accessory to get to the exact

page you need Visit your school library, public, or university

library to get as many of the B.O.O.K.s on your author/s that you possibly can

It will be an ’A” for a Senior who is well organized and information and technologically literate

Good Luck!

Where do I start?

Begin with the Cumulative Index Use bibliographies found in the

biographical resources Check the web based catalog

DESTINY/Destiny Quest Ask for assistance...We’ll help you! Good Luck!

Sample Bibliography

“Biographical Sketch- F. Scott Fitzgerald.” Dictionary of Literary Biography – American Writers in Paris, 1920-1929. Ed. Karen Lane Rood. Vol. 4. The Gale Group, 1980. 132-150.

< http://www.galenet.com >Delden, Maarten Van. “Christopher Unborn” New

Leader 27 November, 1989: 17.

Stevenson, John Allen. “A Vampire in the Mirror: theSexuality of Dracula.” PMLA March, 1988: 139049. Rpt. In World Literature Criticism Volume 6. Ed. James P. Draper. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1992. 3469-3478.