21st Century Academy Senior Projects (Childs)

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21st Century Academy--Senior Projects--Ms. Kristin Childs
Library Instructor: Tisa Houck, 697-2577

Assignment: Students will write a 5-7 page research paper on the topics chosen for their senior projects. A minimum of 5 sources is required. Sources should include a non-fiction book, a magazine, an academic journal, an Internet site with domain name ending in .org, .edu, or .gov, and an interview with a mentor.

Search for books. (Limit is 2 with driver's license or other photo ID.) One non-fiction book is required.

Click the tab here or on the library's homepage.
Enter your topic in one or two words
Limit to <Main Library> or <Online Books> or <None> to include all categories.
Check the STATUS for books that are available for check-out, for example:

Underage & overweight : the childhood obesity crisis : what every family needs to know / Frances M. Berg.

Berg, Francie M.

2005

Library Location: Main Library Book Collection

Call Number: RJ399.C6 B47 2005

Status: Available

Fed up! [electronic resource] : winning the war against childhood obesity / Susan Okie.

Okie, Susan.

2005

Library Location: Online NetLibrary Book Collection

Call Number: RJ399.C6 O383 2005eb

Status: Online Electronic Resource

Childhood obesity [electronic resource] most experts identified physical activity and the use of best practices are key to successful programs.

Bascetta, Cynthia A., 1953-

2005

Library Location: Online Government Documents Collection

Call Number: GA 1.41:GAO-06-127 R

Status: Online Electronic Resource

Find articles from magazines and newspapers (One magazine article is required.)
(CSTCC Databases are not available from off-campus.)

There are many resources on the library's homepage that will help you find information for your projects. You must decide which ones to use and you may need to use quite a few. Some things to remember about using databases are:

Search only the keywords of your topic--don't use words like the, a, an or put a long string of words in the search box,
such as "how to make better grades without studying more."
Think of all the synonyms that you can use to find information about your topic,
such as teenager, adolescent, youth, young adult.
Do several searches by combining words with and as well as by using terms side-by-side,
such as marketing and plan or "marketing plan" to see different results.
Scan an article before you print; some articles may be quite long.
Email articles to yourself if you don't have time to read them online, or they are too long to print.
Choose information from the best sources, not just the first ones you see.

I. MasterFILE Premier (magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, primary sources, reference books)

Tips:

This database defaults to keyword searching.
Your printing choices may include:

HTML Full Text = text only, no graphics, faster, saves paper and ink
PDF Full Text = digitized photo of the original page, may be slower to view & print

OR email articles to yourself

II. General OneFile (articles from magazines, academic journals, newspapers, etc.)

AND/OR Health Reference Center Academic (health-related publications)

Tips:

These databases default to Subject searching; don't combine terms with and.

Choose the Basic Search to search by keyword; use and to connect your terms.

III. Lexis-Nexis Academic (newspaper articles, radio and television transcripts, and more)

Tips:

Begin with the Easy Search--but don't use connecting words such as and.
You may include multiple sources, but try the Major U.S. and World Publications type first.
You may want to narrow your results by specific source name from the column on the left of the results list.

Consult additional resources for more information:

Tennessee Electronic Library (Password required--ask your school librarian.)

Chattanooga Hamilton Co. Bicentennial Library (Need their library card to check out books or have access to databases from home.)

When using the Internet, use only sites that are authoritative and reliable, such as:

Advanced Google Search (Limit results to domains with .org, .edu, or .gov) One site with one of these domain names is required.

Librarian's Internet Index (Excellent librarian-approved Internet directory of authoritative websites .)

Cite your sources correctly by using examples found in these documents:

MLA format for citing electronic databases

MLA format for citing websites

Tisa Houck
9/07