MS. CLARK'S PROJECTS

WORKS  CITED
There are several possible MLA8 citation generators for your Works Cited list, such as,  easybib.com , BibMe , Citation Machine or the World Book Citation Builder. 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  

ENGLISH 12-CANTERBURY TALES PROJECT

For background information about Chaucer's characters, check out the following online books: NOTE:  To find other introductions in the Cambridge School Chaucer series, search Google Books.  

Other useful Web sites:​

ENGLISH 12--HANDMAID'S TALE RESEARCH ESSAY

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Before starting your research, spend some time thinking about what themes/subjects from The Handmaid's Tale are the most compelling to you. 
  • You will probably have to do some background reading on your topic before being able to formulate your thesis statement. For example, if you choose to write about Iran's theocracy and the status of Iranian women as compared to the Republic of Gilead, for example, you will have to find out about the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and what has happened in the intervening years, especially pertaining to women. Read Getting Started with Your Research Paper (UBC Library)


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Resources:
Books -  Searchable under the Home tab after you log into our online catalog.  Choose key words carefully and use synonyms.  Use truncation for superior results.

Digital Resources / VSB Databases - available under the Home tab after you log into our online catalog:
  • EBSCO* has some excellent resources on topics such as Bountiful (BC Mormon community), theocracies and women's rights, the Moral Majority of the 1980s (or search "religious right" for contemporary articles) and women living in 17th century England and New England (later to be the United States).   It also has articles on more abstract concepts such as the coexistence of science and religion, or suppression of individual rights.
  • GLOBAL ISSUES IN CONTEXT is an excellent resource for international issues. You can browse Issues and Topics (find the Women, Children and the Family section) or Regions (find your country this way). There are Podcasts on the right hand side and Related Portals (subjects) on the left hand side. You can also do a keyword search directly e.g. "women's rights" Sudan​
  • GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY (Major 21st Century Writers)​
*How to Search in Databases:
  • Consider using * to truncate your search term - e.g. theocra* will search theocracy, theocratic; wom?n* will search women, woman, woman's, women's.  This works for most databases--but not all!
  • Consider using quotation marks (e.g. "Moral Majority") to search for phrases
  • Consider using nesting, e.g.  "industrial revolution" (child* and  labo#r ) 
  • Consider using 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.  Example:  sexuality N8 (oppress* and wom?n*)
  • Remember to narrow your search down by searching for Full Text articles only
  • Use drop down menu at top to sort results by: relevance, newest or oldest
  • Consider using Advanced Limiters, often found at the sidebar, to further refine your search,  e.g. by date, source type, subject, etc.
  • Use the subject headings and keywords within your hits to further refine your search.
  • Use citations found in your resources to locate additional resources.

Research Tips

ENGLISH 12 - ANALYZING POETRY

Works Cited​:  
  • EasyBIB -  Use this citation generator to create your list of works cited (bibliography)
Books: Search for books on your poem using our online catalog.  Log in and select the "Catalog" tab.  Choose key words carefully and use synonyms.  Use truncation for superior results.  Bibliographies often contain useful resources for further research.

Digital Resources - available under the Home tab after you log into our online catalog:
  • EBSCO*  
  • GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY (Major 21st Century Writers)​​ 
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*How to Search in Databases:
  • Use asterix * to truncate your search term - e.g. poe* will search Poe, poem, poems, poetry, poet, poets;
  • Use question mark ? as a "wild" letter (only one per search string) - 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. "Song of Myself") 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.  
  • Remember to narrow your search down by searching for Full Text articles only  (left margin of many databases contains a variety of limiters to narrow your search).
  • Use the subject headings within your hits to further refine your search.

POETRY LINKS ​
Helpful websites: ​

ENGLISH 12--THE KITE RUNNER / A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS RESEARCH PROJECT

Search for books on your topic in our online catalog:

The information you find in the following VSB databases, available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog, will help you to both formulate a good inquiry question and conduct reliable research:

  • Global Issues in Context
  • EBSCOHost
  • The Province (Use this icon (not The Sun) to find information in ALL Canadian Post Media newspapers.  Unique ID and login are required.  Ask for these in the library.)
  • Canada in Context​
​Helpful websites:
CITATION MAKER--Use to create your "Works Cited" list.​

Understanding MLA8 (Youtube)


ENGLISH 12--Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Writing a Script
Sample 
Two-Column Video/Audio Script

​Storyboarding
Watch this YouTube video for helpful hints.
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  • How to Shoot a Video 
[Technical Tips  from Pacific Cinematheque]
[Tutorials and Free Filmmaking Software]  Note: Windows Movie Maker is available on the library's computers.

Copyright-Cleared Images, Audio and Video
Links

​Bibliography:  EasyBib
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Web Sites to Evaluate:

http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/browseSubjects/womenRights.asp
​http://www.international.gc.ca/rights-droits/women-femmes/equality-egalite.aspx?lang=eng
http://wecandobetter2015.ca/sites/default/files/backgrounder_gender_equality_en.pdf
https://privacyplan.ca/recommendations/end-mass-surveillance
http://www.realwomenofcanada.ca/​​

​Works Cited
Easy Bib


ENGLISH 12--Dystopia in Our World Literary Research Essay  1984 by George Orwell

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION
The print materials provided and the following VSB databases, available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog, will provide a wealth of information on most topics:

  • EBSCOHost
  • Global Issues in Context
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library (21st Century Writers has a long entry on George Orwell (aka Eric Blair))

WHEN SEARCHING IN DATABASES (Note: Not all strategies will work in every database.  The following strategies work in most databases containing journal articles, e.g. with EBSCO databases such as EBSCOHost and Academic Search Premier):
-Consider using * to truncate your search term - e.g. socialis* will search for socialist, socialists, socialism, socialistic; wom?n* will search women, woman, woman's, women's
-Use quotation marks (e.g. "freedom of information") 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: electroshock N8 (health or effect* or brain)
-Remember to narrow your search down by searching for Full Text articles only
-Use the subject headings within your hits to find more relevant results.
-Refine your searches using the tools provided in each database.

When using other websites, use the "Quick CCRAP" sheet to help you decide whether they are reliable sites suitable for use in an academic essay.

DOCUMENTING YOUR RESEARCH

ENGLISH 11--Editorial Essay


Before starting your research, take some time to think about what question you would like to answer or what statement you would like to explore in your editorial. For example,  
  • The internment of the Japanese-Canadians was politically unjustified and was simply an expression of historical racism in Canada  OR What examples of Canadian racism exist today that might see us intern a group such as what happened to the Japanese-Canadians?

By narrowing down your question to research, you will better be able to choose resources and come up with key words for more effective research. 

Van Tech Library resources:
  • Books - Search for books using our online catalog.
  • Digital Library (available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog):  EBSCO, Canadian Points of View Reference Centre, Global Issues in Context, Encyclopedia of BC, Canadian Encylopedia, The Tyee 
  • Sweet Search - an alternative to Google - retrieves school related information only
  • Google Scholar - some full text academic articles


General Web Resources:

Racism
Japanese Internment
Gold Mountain/Canadian Railway
Works cited/Bibliography:
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ENGLISH 10-Autism Group Research Presentation
Autism Links
Autism Speaks
Autism Canada
Mediline Plus
Government of Canada Autism Spectrum 
Canadian National Autism Foundation Official Website
Geneva Centre for Autism
A list of Websites recommended by the Geneva Centre for Autism
Articles:
Policy Options
Huff Post
EBSCO* Database - Editorials, newspaper and magazine articles on Autism,  are available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog. 

ENGLISH 9--SPEECH UNIT

Search for our many BOOKS on how to debate and write speeches using our online catalog.  Check these out:
  • Sharpen your debate and speech writing skills / Jennifer Rozines Roy and Johannah Haney, 2011 (808.5 ROY)
  • Effective speeches / Valerie Bodden (808.5 BOD)
  • Words that ring through time: from Moses and Pericles to Obama : fifty-one of the most important speeches in history and how they changed out world / Terry Golway, 2009 (808.85 GOL)
  • Attention please!  : making assignments presentable, enjoyable, and memorable for all, 2009 (371.3028 LUN)
  • Speeches that changed the world : the stories and transcripts of speeches that changed history, 2007 (808.85 SPE)
  • Extraordinary oral presentations / Margaret Ryan, 2005 (808.51 RYA)
  • NuSpeak : become a powerful speaker / Geoffrey Lane, 1999 (808.5 LAN)
  • How to give a speech / Margaret Ryan, 1994 (808.5 RYA)
  • Speaking for success : the Canadian guide / Anthony Lieb, 1993 (808.5 LIE)
  • Speaking with confidence : a guide for public speakers / Wanda Vasallo, 1990 (808.5 VAS)
The library also has great BOOKS ON POPULAR SPEECH TOPICS.  Use our online catalog to help you find these titles, and don't be shy about asking for help if you can't find what you're looking for. 
For debate topics, search our online catalog for the following SERIES:
  • At Issue
  • Contemporary World Issues
  • Current Controversies
  • Current Issues
  • Issues in Focus
  • Opposing Viewpoints
  • Teen Issues
  • Understanding Global Issues

ONLINE SOURCES
Sites about how to write speeches and/or prepare for debates:

The following DATABASES and WEB SITES will provide a great deal of material for most of your speech/debate topics.  The VSB databases are available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog.  Here are some of the most useful sources for this project:
  • Global Issues in Context (great for information on current world issues, e.g. Syria, global warming,  child labour/labor,fracking. etc.)
  • EBSCOHost (contains newspaper and magazine articles on almost every topic)
  • Canada in Context
  • World Book Encyclopedia and The Canadian Encyclopedia provide basic information on a vast number of topics.
  • Statistics Canada
  • The Tyee
  • CBC News
  • BBC News


ENGLISH 9--BACKGROUND FOR THE GRAPHIC NOVEL PERSEPOLIS​ BY MARJANE SATRAPI

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SITES THAT WILL HELP MOST GROUPS
  • WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA (accessible under the Home tab after you log into our online catalog).  Look in the following articles: IRAN (use the "history" section of this article for notes on most topics), MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLAVI (The Shah of Iran); SHAH; KHOMEINI, RUHOLLA (The Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of the 1979 Revolution): TEHRAN (and the names of other major cities); PERSIA, ANCIENT; PERSEPOLIS; ISLAM; IRAN-IRAQ WAR etc.
  • Iran Chamber Society
  • Iran Profile (BBC)
  • CBC Digital Archives: Revolution in Iran
THE SHAH OF IRAN (MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLAVI)
Start with "Sites That Will Help Most Groups" above and the books provided. (Read the relevant sections in the World Book article on Iran before you consult other sources.)

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Start with "Sites That Will Help Most Groups" above and the books provided. (Read the relevant sections in the World Book article on Iran, available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog, before you consult other sources.)
Other helpful sites:
IRANIAN CULTURE AND THE 1979 ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
Start with "Sites That Will Help Most Groups" above and the books provided.
Other helpful sites:
IRANIAN SOCIETY AND THE 1979 ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
The books on the trolley on the Iranian Revolution have a great deal of information about the revolution's effects on Iranian society.  Use the indexes to help you find information of women, education, etc.
IRAN--BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Start with "Sites That Will Help Most Groups" above and the books provided. (Read the relevant sections in the World Book article on IRAN, TEHRAN, PERSIA, ANCIENT etc., available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog, before you consult other sources.)
Verse Inciting Social Change Project--ENGLISH 12
  • EasyBIB -  Use this citation generator to create your list of works cited (bibliography)
POETRY LINKS
  • Poetry Foundation - searchable by theme, also contains biographical information on the poet
  • poets.org - searchable under browse poems using the search bar
  • The Poetry Archive - also searchable by theme
  • GVRL-Gale Virtual Reference Library (Available under the HOME tab once you have logged into our online catalog; click on "Literature" and then on "Major 21st Century Writers".  This encyclopedia gives background information for most 20th and 21st century writers.)

INDIVIDUAL POETS AND POEMS (Many of the poems on your assignment sheet can be found in the books provided.)