Introduction
Online databases are one of the best ways to find and use reliable information while doing research. Today you will be introduced to multiple free databases that will help you during the writing process!
Task
You will visit each of the given databases and research one of the given topics. You will collect your research on the collection sheet.
Process
1. Grab a computer and visit each of the following databases. Next to each database are three topics for you to choose from:
- http://eresources.loc.gov/ (Earth Science, Civil War, Thomas Jefferson)
- https://scholar.google.com/ (William Shakespeare, Down’s Syndrome, Apollo 13)
- http://nsdl.oercommons.org (Sir Isaac Newton, pathogens, Missouri Botanical Garden)
- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ (Bonnie Parker, Model T, Abraham Lincoln)
- http://dp.la/ (Jackie Robinson, Jeep, vaudeville)
- http://eric.ed.gov/ (NASA, St. Louis Cardinals, Robert Frost)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ (Hamlet, Jane Austen, Sherlock Holmes)
2. Choose one of the three listed topics and search it in the database.
3. Fill out the collection sheet with the information you have found.
Evaluation
You will be scored based on both your collection sheet and your participation in class.
40 points possible
Conclusion
You have now discovered a few of MANY online databases. Use them to help you on your next essay!