North Hunterdon High School Media Center
For your research you need to select five of the following topics and write a research based essay for each. |
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1) Hamilton vs Jefferson 2) Jacksonian Democracy 3) Civil War-Federalism vs Sectionalism 4) Age of Industrialization 5) Westward Expansion 6) 19th
Century Congressional Leaders |
7) 19th Century Presidents compare/contrast 8) Women’s suffrage compare/contrast to Civil Rights Movement 9) From Laissez-Faire to Trustbusting 10) Evolution of the Federal Judiciary 11) American Political Culture- Origins to the modern era compare/contrast |
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| If you would like to learn more about your topics, follow the links on this pathfinder. They will help you find information in your school library media center, and on the Internet about your topics. | ||||||
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Try using keywords or
phrases.
A keyword is a word used as a
reference point for finding other words or information.
Use Boolean operators (AND,
OR, NOT) to broaden or narrow your search.
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several excellent books about each of your three topics. To locate more
books, use keywords and phrases to search the OPAC, the online library
catalog. Power searches may be most useful for some topics. |
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E-BOOKS
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An electronic database is
an organized list of published information sources (usually
journal articles), either giving directions (a citation) to
where you can find the full information or containing the
information itself (full-text databases). Electronic
databases provide evaluated resources for your projects.
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These are evaluated websites that may assist you in your research: |
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©NHHS, G. Konefal, May 2008