Mrs.+Kelly

=Mrs. Kelly=

American Poetry Unit

 * English II Spring Research Paper**

**Book Sources**
ASHS Library Catalog Project Gutenberg **Project Gutenberg** offers over 42,000 free ebooks for titles that are out of copyright: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. Power Library Ebook Collection Must access through the Public library if you are at home.
 * Literary Index** This online index will direct you to reference works that contain articles on the author title or subject you search for.

=**Databases**= Proquest Learning Literature, eLibrary Curriculum Gale Student Resources - Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Resource Center, Student Resources in Context. [|Literature Salem Press]

**Search Engines**
Sweet Search -Search Engine for students, searches only credible sites approved by Internet experts. Infomine -Librarian-selected scholarly sites. LibGuides -Librarian-created topic pathfinders. Infotopia Customized safe-search of educator-selected sites

Literary Criticism on the web
Shmoop [|/] Literary History An index to free articles on English and American literature, mixed bag of scholarly and popular. Literary Resources on the Net LitLinks [|/] [|Literary Resources - American] - List of links to resourcesa bout American literature compiled by Jack Ryan of Rutgers University. [|Literary Criticism Collection] - From the Internet Public Library

Citation and MLA Format
Noodletools Purdue OWL MLA Citation

[|Google] Search Limit your results. . . The Google command for domain limitation is **site:** followed by the domain you wish to limit results to, such as: By typing **site:.edu**, you are telling the search engine to return only those sites that come from universities. The Google command for a phrase search is enclosing the phrase within quotes - unless that word is immediately followed by the words **My Sons**.
 * Web Resources **
 * government agencies (**.gov**),
 * universities (**.edu**),
 * not-for-profit organizations (**.org**)
 * "All My Sons"** This tells the search engine not to return sites with the word **All** in them,

[|Google Books] Sample citation for an eBook accessed through Google Book Search: Glen, Wendy J. //Laurie Halse Anderson: Speaking in Tongues//. Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2010. //Google Book Search//. Web. 27 April 2013.

The ipl2 Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
 * [|ipl2] (internet Public Library)**

[|Student Resource Center] [|Literature Resource Center] [|Gale Virtual Reference Library] [|Literature Salem Press] [|Proquest Databases] (Remember to select Full Text and Peer-Reviewed before you enter your search terms) [|Death of a Salesman (Literary Themes for Students)]
 * Databases **

// Writing the Research Paper // //**[|Introduction to Writing a Literary Analysis RP]**//

Below are links to several web sites to assist you in developing a thesis statement:
 * Generating a Thesis - Web Resources **
 * Dartmouth University: Developing Your ThesisAn overview of writing a thesis statements with guided questions for evaluating the quality of your statement.
 * Indiana University: How to Write a Thesis StatementEmphasizes the characteristics of a well-developed thesis statement.
 * The OWL at Purdue: Creating a Thesis StatementProvide helpful suggestions and examples for writing thesis statements
 * Rutgers: The ThesisAssociate English Professor at Rutgers University, Jack Lynch offers an overview of the characteristics of a thesis statement, samples of good and bad thesis statements, and links to other reliable sources that also discuss thesis statements.
 * University of North Carolina: Thesis StatementsThis web site "describes what a thesis statement is, how thesis statements work in your writing, and how you can discover or refine one..."
 * University of Toronto: Using Thesis StatementsProvides examples of well-defined thesis statements.


 * [|In-text Citations: The Basics]**

Noodle Tools Modern Language Association (MLA) (Provides links to helpful resources -- MLA formatting)
 * Citation Tools **

Audiobooks
[|Maggie: a girl of the streets / Stephen Crane]

Literature Databases -
 * Period 3 & 6 Tennessee Williams**

S[|tudent Resource Center] – **Student Resources in Context**- click on **Topics** – scroll to – Click on **Person Search** – **Tennessee Williams** – click on  [] - **Tennessee** **Williams**(Remote Access Login - password is **gallopingghost**)
 * Williams, Tennessee **
 * Biography Tab **
 * Tennessee **** Williams **

Library Catalog - **Tennessee Williams,** choose **Author,** right side **Websites**

Ms Kelly Travel Brochure = Library Catalog – type state name, there is a websites tab =
 * Period 8 - Travel Brochure**

**__World Book Online__** Type name of state
 * Databases: **

**__Student__** **__Resource Center__** – **Student Resources in Context** Type in State name – there are great in-depth articles

**__Culturegrams –__ States Edition** Click on map of your state for facts, symbols, timelines on the fifty states.

**ABC-Clio- US Geography** Click on **States**

= INTERNET SITES FOR States =

[|http://www.50states.com] Includes all kinds of information on each state.
 * Fifty States **