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DSPW 0800: Writing--Ms. Becki Maroon
Library Instructor: Tisa Houck

Assignment: Students will use their birthdates and write 4-6 page research papers on either an event that happened on that day or a person who was born on that day. A minimum of five sources is required, which might be books, encyclopedias, library databases, interviews, magazines, journals, and/or newspapers, but only one website is allowed. Use this assignment guide to find the answers to the questions on your assignment sheet.

Begin your research by finding information about events or people specific to your birth date.

Use reference books such as:

Day by day, the forties (Ref D427 .L4)
Day by day, the fifties (REF D427 .M44)
Day by day, the sixties (REF D840 .P27)
Day by day, the seventies (REF D848 .L4 1987)
Day by day, the eighties (REF D848 .M45 1995)

Or use websites such as:

I. Find books to check out or view online

Click tab on the library's homepage.
Enter your topic in one or two words
Limit to <Online Books> for electronic books.
Notice the Location and Status
You will need the current passwords for off-campus access to e-books. (Question #7)

Wishing on the moon : the life and times of Billie Holiday / Donald Clarke.

Clarke, Donald, 1940-

1994

Library Location: Main Library Book Collection

Call Number: ML420.H58 C55 1994

Status: Available

Strange fruit [electronic resource] : Billie Holiday, Cafbe Society, and an early cry for civil rights / by David Margolick ; foreword by Hilton Als.

Margolick, David.

2000

Library Location: Online NetLibrary Book Collection

Call Number:

Status: Online Electronic Resource

Understand the difference between a journal and a magazine.
(Question #4)

II. Use electronic databases to find articles from newspapers, magazines, and reference books.
(Question #3.)

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost) (journals, magazines, newspapers, reference books, primary source documents, etc.)

To narrow your topic, combine terms with and: ex. billie holiday and biography
Use quotation marks to search a phrase: "apollo theater "

III. Use only reliable Internet sites (Question #2)

When using the Internet, use only sites that are authoritative and reliable.

Librarians' Internet Index (http://lii.org/)

IV. Cite your electronic sources correctly by following these MLA format guidelines:

Electronic Databases (for MasterFile and NetLibrary)

Internet Sites

If you need assistance, call Tisa Houck at 697-2577 or call 697-4436 for a reference librarian.

Tisa Houck
10/07