Research Workshop

Amy FergusonRichland College Library

November 10, 2009

Computer Use

Only use computers as directed.

Receive the Information Literacy

Certificate!Attend all 3 workshops in the Library

Instruction ProgramResearch 1: Introduction to College ResearchResearch 2: Electronic Research - Sources and Strategies Research 3: MLA - Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources.

Your Assignment

Image Source: Yankee Volunteers Marching Into Dixie from http://memory.loc.gov

Research Guide

http://libguides.richlandcollege.edu/cwcauses

Evaluating Historical Sources

• CARB

• Your Research Guide

Evaluation Exercise

Additional questions

• Which states does the proclamation apply to?

• Why?

Image Source: "Abraham Lincoln, Head-and-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Front" by Alexander Gardner from http://rs6.loc.gov

Complete the worksheet with a partner

The MLA Format

Cooper, Mary H. “Global Warming Update.” CQ

Researcher 1 Nov. 1996: 1-24. Print.

“Early Warning Sings: Spreading Disease.” Global

Warming. Union of Concerned Scientists, n.d. Web. 27

Aug. 2009.

McKibben, Bill. The End of Nature. New York: Anchor,

1989. Print.

Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. “The Emancipation

Proclamation.” U.S. National Archives

and Records Administration. 1 Jan.

1863. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.