Search and Select
Student Name (first and last): Frodo Baggins
Period: B5
(Internet Literacy)
Points:
____ /30
up to 10 ex. credit
Today you will select three famous people you would like to learn more about. You will look for sources of information and pick one of
those people to research. You will create a PowerPoint about that person to present to your class.
Note: A source is useful when there is enough biographical information (information about his or her life) to provide at least 10 important
and interesting facts for your PowerPoint.
Source(s)
found using
BRC
Required
4
points each
One or more of
these is required
Source(s
) found
using
World
Book
2
points
Possible Person #1
Possible Person #2
Possible person #3
Ray Bradbury
URL:
http://web.ebscohost.com/brc/detail?sid
=99791eda-2bc6-4d06-981ea3ef4cf20c87%40sessionmgr4&vid=4&hi
d=21&bdata=JnNpdGU9YnJjLWxpdmU%3
d#db=b6h&AN=34912857
J.R.R. Tolkien
URL:
http://web.ebscohost.com/brc/de
tail?sid=0cd46213-b659-437caec36a7824caf154%40sessionmgr11&
vid=7&hid=7&bdata=JnNpdGU9Y
nJjLWxpdmU%3d#db=b6h&AN=5
1814252
Elijah Woods
URL:
http://web.ebscohost.com/brc/detail?s
id=0cd46213-b659-437c-aec36a7824caf154%40sessionmgr11&vid=
4&hid=7&bdata=JnNpdGU9YnJjLWxpd
mU%3d#db=b6h&AN=34910792
Citation: "Ray Bradbury." Ray Bradbury
(Biography Today) (2010): 1. Biography
Reference Center. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.
Citation:"Elijah Wood." Elijah Wood
(Biography Today) (2010): 1. Biography
Reference Center. Web. 26 Nov. 2012.
Useful? Yes
URL:
http://www.worldbookonline.com/stude
nt/article?id=ar073350&st=ray+bradbur
y
Citation: Shippey, T. A. "Tolkien,
John Ronald Reuel 1892 – 1973."
Oxford Dictionary Of National
Biography (2010): 1. Biography
Reference Center. Web. 26 Nov.
2012.
Useful? Yes
URL:
http://www.worldbookonline.co
m/student/article?id=ar560450&
st=j.r.r.+tolkien
Citation: Barron, Neil. "Bradbury, Ray."
World Book Student. World Book, 2012.
Citation: Stewart, Garrett.
"Tolkien, J. R. R." World Book
Citation: none
Useful? Yes
URL: None, but his name is mentioned
in the article on Motion Pictures 2003
each
Source(s
) found
using
SIRS
2
points
each
Source(s
) found
using
EBSCO
4 points
each
with
Citation
s:
created
with
Bibme or
EasyBib
Web. 26 Nov. 2012.
Useful? Yes, somewhat.
Student. World Book, 2012. Web.
26 Nov. 2012.
Useful? Somewhat.
Useful? NO!
URL:
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discowe
b/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3A
US%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B000034129
5
URL:
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/d
iscoweb/disco/do/article?urn=ur
n%3Asirs%3AUS%3BARTICLE%3
BART%3B0000324894
URL:
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discow
eb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%
3AUS%3BARTICLE%3BART%3B00001
47884
Citation: George, Lynell. "Ray Bradbury,
Author Who Lifted Fantasy to Literary
Heights, Dies..." Los Angeles Times. 06 Jun
2012: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web. 26 Nov
2012.
Useful? Yes, very.
Citation: "Tolkien, J.R.R."
Compton's by Britannica. 01 Aug
2011: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. Web.
26 Nov 2012.
Citation: "Elijah Wood, Actor." Time for
Kids. Dec. 17 2001: n.p. SIRS Discoverer.
Web. 26 Nov 2012.
Useful? Moderately
URL:
http://web.ebscohost.com/sas/detail?vid
=3&hid=7&sid=fd566983-3fcf-4b649764e3aec23b61a7%40sessionmgr15&bdata=
JkF1dGhUeXBlPSZzaXRlPXNhcy1saXZl#d
b=funk&AN=BR157450
URL:
http://web.ebscohost.com/sas/de
tail?vid=6&hid=7&sid=fd5669833fcf-4b64-9764e3aec23b61a7%40sessionmgr15
&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPSZzaXRlP
XNhcy1saXZl#db=prh&AN=11034
318
Useful? Somewhat. It tells only how he
feels about his character in Lord of the
Rings, and about the experience being
cast and filming.
URL:
http://web.ebscohost.com/sas/detail?v
id=14&hid=7&sid=fd566983-3fcf4b64-9764e3aec23b61a7%40sessionmgr15&bdat
a=JkF1dGhUeXBlPSZzaXRlPXNhcy1saX
Zl#db=prh&AN=5863718
Citation: "BRADBURY, Ray." Funk &
Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia on
Searchasaurus on EBSCO. World Almanac
Education Group, Inc., n.d. Web. 26 Nov.
2012.
Citation: Blum, Jonathan. "A
FANTASTIC MIND: J.R.R.
TOLKIEN." Scholastic Scope on
Searchasaurus on EBSCO.
Scholastic Inc., 13 Oct. 2003. Web.
26 Nov. 2012.
Useful? Yes. This is a play based
on his life.
Useful? Yes.
Citation: "ELIJAH'S LUCK ." Scholastic
Action on Seachasaurus on EBSCO.
Scholastic Inc., 10 Dec. 2001. Web. 26
Nov. 2012.
Useful? Somewhat
Source(s)
found using
Other Search
Engines
1
point each
URL:
Citation:
Useful?
URL:
Citation:
Useful?
URL:
Citation:
Useful?
Official Sites
and other
possibly
reliable sites
-1
point each
URL:
Citation:
Useful?
URL:
Citation:
Useful?
URL:
Citation:
Useful?