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RESOURCES: 

BOOKS:  (library.vsb.bc.ca - log in using student # & password – CATALOG tab)   ​

DATABASES:  (library.vsb.bc.ca - log in using student # & password – HOME tab): ​
  • Canadian Encyclopedia 
  • Canada in Context 
  • Global Issues in Context 
 
OTHER WEBSITES:
  • UBC Open Collections  (Over 200,000 digital objects including photographs, maps, videos, books, audio, newspapers, letters, etc. that highlight the early history of British Columbia and Canada.  Objects can be downloaded and manipulated.)
SEARCH TIPS: 
  • Consider using: * to truncate your search term - e.g. Canad* will search Canada Canadian(s);  ? as a wildcard character - e.g. wom?n* will search women, woman, woman's, women's.  This works for most databases--but not all!   
  • Use quotation marks (e.g. "second world war") to search for phrases 
  • Use proximity searches - e.g. N5 will find your terms when the occur within five words of each other and W5 will find your terms within 5 words in the order specified.  Sample search: world war canad* N5 (two or II or second) 
  • Remember to narrow your search down by searching for Full Text articles only 
  • Use the subject headings within your hits to further refine your search. 
  • Use keywords and Works Cited entries from resources above and other hits for additional resources 

Revolution to Confederation:  Canada & US  (~1840's-1870's)
​WHAT  IS  YOUR  IDEA  OF  FREEDOM / LIBERTY?

​RESOURCES

​​BOOKS:  Use the books on the trolley.  You can search for other print resources by going to the library software at http://library.vsb.bc.ca and log in at the upper left using your student number and password.  Select "Vancouver Technical Secondary" from the drop down menu.   Select the "Catalog" tab to search for additional books in our library.  Remember to look for keywords, websites and other possible book resources in the books on the trolley.

​VSB DATABASES:  Accessible from the Home tab once logged into the library software (  http://library.vsb.bc.ca ).
Helpful databases may include:​
  • Canadian Encyclopedia (searchable; limiters along left side bar; Timelines category useful for keywords within your date range)​
  • Global Issues in Context
  • History Channel
  • ​World Book Student
​Use keywords found in books and other resources to help with your searches.  Remember, databases may have links to other helpful resources on your topic.

WEBSITES:  Below is a list of websites you may find helpful.  ​Remember, a good website may have links to other resources on your topic.  If you discover any other great websites during your research, let us know and we may be able to post them here.  

SOME PRIMARY SOURCES
SOME SECONDARY SOURCES​

​​SS 9: WORLD REVOLUTIONS

RESOURCES

Books:  Some print resources are on the trolley.  You can also use the search icon at the top right of our online catalog to help you find other titles.  Remember to look for keywords, other possible book resources and websites in the books on the trolley.

Online Learning Resources:  Some subscription and non-subscription websites are available on the Learning Resources "ribbon"  once you have logged into the Destiny Discover version of our online catalog.  Use keywords found in books and other resources to help with your searches.  Remember, databases may have links to other helpful resources on your topic.

     Useful online Learning Resources for this project include:

  • CURIO (BBC; CBC; National Geographic)​
  • Global Issues in Context  (GALE)  (i.e. search: Arab Spring; Cedar Revolution; Russian Revolution 1917; Salt march,1930; .... ****ALWAYS check the "Full Text Documents" box***
  • History Channel (searchable site)
  • ​World Book Student / Advanced  (Start by searching for the country you are studying and looking for information about the revolution in the "history" section for that country.  From there, look for links and keywords for further information.​​


Other Online Sources:  Below is a list of websites you may find helpful.  ​Remember, a good website may have links to other resources on your topic.  If you discover any other great websites during your research, let us know and we may be able to post them here.  Primary sources, sometimes called "first hand accounts", are artifacts (documents and other objects) from or near the time of the event(s): eye witness accounts, memoirs, diaries, images of artifacts, articles, etc. Secondary sources or "second hand accounts" are resources created looking back at event(s), sometimes with the help of primary sources.  Secondary sources often summarize, analyze, interpret, past event(s) as a way to understand what happened, make connections with the present and predictions about the future. 

​American Revolution  (1775-1783)
​​Secondary Sources: ​Primary Sources:
Arab Spring  (2010)
​​Secondary Sources: ​
Chinese Communist Revolution: (1945-1950)
Secondary Sources:
​Primary Sources:
Cuban Revolution: (1956-1959)
Secondary Sources: Primary Sources:
​Eastern Europe  (1989) (aka Revolutions of 1989; Fall of Communism; Fall of Nations; Autumn of Nations)
​​Secondary Sources:

English Civil War Revolution: (1642-1651)  (aka Great Rebellion, Wars of the Three Kingdoms)
​​Secondary Sources:  Primary Sources:

 Everyone! (you might find some helpful information using these searchable sites)
​French Revolution  (1787-1799)
​​Secondary Sources: Primary Sources:

Haitian Revolution: (1794-1804)
Secondary Sources:

Iranian Revolution: (1978-1979)
​Secondary Sources: Primary Sources:Lebanon  (2005)  (aka Cedar Revolution)
​​Secondary Sources:
​Nicaraguan Revolution: (1979)
​​Secondary Sources:
Red River Resistance (aka Red River Rebellion / Uprising; First Riel Rebellion: (1869-1871)
Secondary Sources:
 ​Russian Revolution(s): (1917)
 Secondary Sources:  Primary Sources: ​
Spanish / Latin American Wars of Independence: (1808-1826)
Secondary Sources:
Primary Sources:

​WEBSITE EVALUATION AND WORKS CITED

​Under the HOME tab of this website, go to "Library Links" and use the "Website Evaluation and Searching Tips" section , to help you determine if you can rely on an unknown website. 


WORKS  CITED
There are several possible MLA9 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as, mybib.com , oslis.org/mla-secondary-citation ,  easybib.com , BibMe . Select Manual Entry mode when using a citation generator as this will also teach you how to read a citation. format your page using Times New Roman 12, double-spacing, hanging indents and alphabetical order  ​