Lost Liberty Research
Database Overview
Essential Questions
- What is liberty?
- Who is entitled to liberty?
- What causes people to lose their liberty?
What are we doing?
Where do you find information for notes?
For this project, you're using databases.
A database is an organized collection of related data accessible through a network or website.
A database is an organized collection of related data accessible through a network or website.
WHERE they are located
The THS Library Website has a databases link called ONLINE DATABASES
WHERE they COMES FROM
- Some of our databases are FREE through a state consortia called the Tennessee Electronic Library or TEL (e.g. Student Resources in Context & Gale PowerSearch).
- Some of our databases are PAID subscriptions through the library, so that you can have access to the best resources available (e.g. JSTOR & ABC-CLIO).
Now What?
Your Task
- SEARCH for your topic on our databases.
(Hint: Use Research in Context, Student Resources, and/or GVRL) - RECORD the MLA Citation for your article.
- RECORD notes that overview your topic
- RECORD notes that explain how your topic "lost liberty."
HOW DO I CITE?
- You need to cite (give credit to the author) your article(s) for this assignment.
- You will use Modern Language Association (MLA) formatting for your citation.
- You are in luck because MOST databases will generate this for you (Note: usually at the bottom of the article OR there's a CITATION link to the side of the article)
- If a database does NOT provide the citation, then you have to make it (see back of handout for format).
Overview Notes: What are you looking for?
- Who is this person/group?
- Why are they remembered?
- When did they live?
Liberty Lost Notes: What are you looking for?
- How did this person/group “lose” liberty?
- Why did this person/group lose liberty?
- How long were they without liberty?
Can't access a database?
Username: thsstudent
Password: vikings
Password: vikings
In-Text Citation
If author is provided: (Last)
If author is not provided: ("First Three Words")
If author is not provided: ("First Three Words")