YouKnowYouWanttoVoteforMe!
Ms.Reichert-Fall2015
www.edmondschools.net/memorial
ClickMenu,thentheLibraryMediaCenterTab,scrolldown,click“LibraryCatalogandDatabases”
Whenresearchingthetopicchooseoneortwokeytermsfromthetopicsentence.
I-Issues&Controversies–CurrentEvents:Presentsbothsidesofcontroversialissues.Almostalltopics
canbefoundthroughkeywordsearcheswithinIssuesandControversies.Usethisdatabaseto
understandbothsidesoftheissues.
Username: edmondschools
Password:facts
II-SIRSResearcher/SIRSGovernment:Click“MoreIssues”inthebottomrightcornerofthe“Prov.Con”
window,thiswillleadtoalistingofover100leadingissues.Theseissuepageswillprovidebackground
andnewsarticlesforthetopics.
Username: edmondmemorial Password:73013
III-AnnalsofAmerica:Annalsprovidesaccesstopresidentialcampaignspeeches.
Username: edmond
Password:edmond
IV-GaleOpposingViewpoints:Viewpointsarticlescanbeusedtodevelopanunderstandingof
persuasivewritingbackedbyfacts.
Password:bulldogs
CitationSamplesforDatabases
Thefollowingisthebasicformatforanarticlefromanonlinedatabase.Thecitationcanusuallybefoundatthebottom
ofthearticle.:o)
Author.“ArticleTitle.”JournalTitleDate:pages.TitleofDatabase.Mediumofpublicationconsulted(Web).Dateofaccess.
AnnalsofAmerica–thecitationgivenforAnnalsofAmericaisincorrect.Itmustbecompiledbytakingelementsfromthe
citationgivenandtheSourceinformationatthebeginningofthearticle.
Source:Source:“AMorePerfectUnion,”deliveredbyBarackObama,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,March18,2008,
http://www.barackobama.com
Tocitethispage:
BarackObama"AMorePerfectUnion,"AnnalsofAmericanHistory.
<http://america.eb.com/america/article?articleId=474130&query=obama+campaign+speech>
[AccessedDecember6,2015].
Citation-
Obama,Barack.“AMorePerfectUnion.”Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.18Mar.2008.CampaignSpeech.Annalsof
AmericanHistory.Web.6Dec.2015
MLACitationforSpeeches-Providethespeaker’sname.Then,givethetitleofthespeech(ifany)inquotationmarks.
Followwiththenameofthemeetingandorganization,thelocationoftheoccasion,andthedate.Usethedescriptorthat
appropriatelyexpressesthetypeofpresentation(e.g.,Address,Lecture,Reading,KeynoteSpeech,GuestLecture,
ConferencePresentation).Remembertousetheabbreviationn.p.ifthepublisherisnotknown;usen.d.ifthedateisnot
known.(takenfromPerdueOwlwebsitewww.owl.english.perfue.edu)