Researching Activity for Mr. Bousman’s Class

1. Go to the library’s website to look for books about your invention

a. Use this web address: http://goo.gl/I6kv1B and click on link to the high

school library’s site.

2. List the search term(s) you used to locate books on your invention

a. Term #1:_________________________________

b. Term #2: _________________________________

c. Term #3: _________________________________

d. Did the library have books on your invention? ______________

3. What print resource(s) could you use to locate information about your invention?

_________________________________________________________

a. Did you find information about your invention in this resource? _______

4. Try at least one or two of the following websites to see if you can locate

information about your invention:

a. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/hart10276 (id prompt: hart_log)

b. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

c. http://www.howstuffworks.com/

d. http://www.oxfordreference.com/

e. http://www.loc.gov/topics/

5. Did one of the five resources above provide information on your invention?

(Write answer in complete sentence).

6. Other than using the name of your invention, how else could you search for

information about it? (Write answer in complete sentence).

7. Where did you find the most information about your invention? (Write full

title(s) or web address(es) of the resource(s) you used because you will need to

make a work cited slide for them).

8. Use this website to cite your resources: http://secondary.oslis.org/cite-

sources/mla-secondary-citation & include them below.