Databases

Which database does NOT specialize in persuasive topics?

• Global Issues in Context

• Britanica

• Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society

• Opposing Viewpoints

Which is a MLA citation for a Works Cited page?

• Mountain lions often feed in the twilight hours ("Mountain Lions").

• “The Mountain Lions of Michigan.” Endangered Species

  Update Vol. 19 Iss. 2, 2002, pp. 27-31. Expanded

  Academic Index. Accessed 26 Nov. 2015.

You are writing a paper on global warming. What is your "go to" database?

• Biography in Context

• Literature Resource Center

• Science in Context

• Britanica

Select two: You are creating a poster on Frederick Douglass, a former slave who ended up advocating for African-American freedom. What is your "go to" database?

• Britanica

• Global Issues in Context

• Literature Resource Center

• Biography in Context

You are analyzing Langston Hughes's poem "A Dream Deferred", and your teacher is requiring literary criticism (thoughts on the poem from a critic). What is your "go to" database?

• Britanica

• Global Issues in Context

• Literature Resource Center

• Biography in Context

Where will you find citations on most of the database articles?

• At the top

• At the bottom

• by clicking "MLA citation"

Select two answers:You are starting your research on pollution by companies. What is your "go to" database?

• Biography in Context

• Literature Resource Center

• Science in Context

• Britannica

You are creating a poster on poverty in India. What is your "go to" database?

• Global Issues in Context

• Literature Resource Center

• Science in Context

• Biography in Context

How do you get to all of the historical and political research databases?

• Through Gale Database

• Through Mackin Via (colorful pinwheel)

What Mackin Via database would you use to study cavemen?

• American Government

• World Geography

• World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras

• World History: The Modern Era