Monday, April 18, 2011

Persuasive Essay Research

How do you find solid, unbiased information online?  Easier said than done!  Here are some suggestions:

1.  Middle School Debate Research : GREAT information.....for some of the topics!  Take a look to see if your topic is covered.

2.  CMCH - Cell phones in School : Excellent resources for this subject.

3.  Michigan Electronic Library (MEL) :  The best place to do serious research.  Here are a couple of databases recommended for this project.  Hint:  Use a variety of terms to search, then "search within results" using the word "opinion."

IMPORTANT!!  When you click on these links using an EGRPS computer, the IP address is recognized and it goes right to the database.  At home, you may be asked to enter a Michigan driver's license number (use parents' with permission.....it encodes it so there's no security risk) or KDL library card number.  You can also just enter one letter followed by 12 numbers (pretty tricky, huh?).  Try these databases:

     Educator's Reference Complete:  Designed especially for educators, many of your  
     topics will be found in this database.
     General Reference Center Gold : Millions of articles from journals, interviews, etc.

    InfoTrac Student Edition: Articles from thousands of newspapers.

    

   

No comments:

Post a Comment