Library Resources - MSB - Inventions of the 1850s-1920s

Rubric and Syllabus

Essay Outline
Project Rubric
Here is the project rubric that Mr. Paris handed out in class

Database Resources

World Book Online This link opens in a new window
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Covers a wide range of topics with full-text articles and images.
American History This link opens in a new window
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- Why search here? Use this resource to learn more about US History. This database allows you to browse and search within historical time periods and includes videos to explain key aspects of an era or event.
- Types of sources? General articles, biographies, primary source documents, lesson plans & activities, videos
- How to cite? This is Database. Much of what you find is Original Content. Click on "View all citation styles" at the end of an article, to find the Export to NoodleTools option.
From the explorers of the Americas to the issues of today's headlines, American History ABC-CLIO investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation's evolution.
Britannica School This link opens in a new window
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- Types of sources? eReference articles, images, videos, infographics, maps, biographies, ebooks, interactives
- How to cite? This database is a Reference Source, and is an e-publication. Encyclopædia Britannica is the database vendor/ publisher and the title of the encyclopedia is Britannica School.

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Middle School Databases
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Web Resources

PBS Invention timeline
Pioneering Black Inventors
Where are the Black Inventors of the Industrial Revolution
This a blog, but it is cited really well with links to credible sources.
Smithsonian - Women Inventors
National Women's History Museum
The Most Important Inventions of the 19th Century
Smithsonian Institution Inventions
National Inventors Hall of Fame

Collecting Research & Citing Sources

NoodleTools
Student research platform for creating bibliographies, notecards, outlines.

You will use NoodleTools for citing your sources, and also recording your research and information on Notecards.

Sign in to NoodleTools using your Microsoft login
Create a new Project, name it, choose MLA Starter
When you are ALL FINISHED, export as a word document and Print for Mr. Paris

How do I import a citation to NoodleTools from a database? NoodleTools provides detailed directions for many popular databases, and this link leads you to all those options.
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Search the Library Catalog

Inventions: a Visual Encyclopedia by DK
ISBN: 9781465458384
Publication Date: 2018-07-10
1001 Inventions That Changed the World by Jack Challoner (Editor)
ISBN: 9780764161360
Publication Date: 2009-03-01
The Picture History of Great Inventors by Gillian Clements
ISBN: 0679847871
Publication Date: 1994-04-12

Inventions

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