Speech and Drama

Mrs. Haake’s presentation

Databases

Databases are a resource you can trust without evaluating. The following school databases will be useful for this project:

• Britannica
• Explora for Middle Schools
• Facts on File
• Gale in Context – Middle School

Newspapers

When needed ask Mrs. Haake for usernames and passwords. Additional newspaper can be found on the News page.

• The Bergen Record 
• The New York Times
• USA Today 
• The Washington Post e-Replica site

Websites

When you use websites you must evaluate the website before you decide to use the information. If you choose to use any web source you must take the proper steps to make sure it is reliable. You must get approval from Mrs. Dow before you can use a website. The following have been pre-approved for this assignment:

Images

• ImageQuest

Citations

To avoid plagiarism all work that you use must be included in your Works Cited slde. 

• Sample Works Cited
• NoodleTools
• Mrs. Haake’s “How to format a citation” guide
• Citing a video (Bottom of page) 

Books

Books are a great resource for all academic research. You can be assured that the information you find is books is accurate which is pretty important! Use the BELS catalog to locate books for this assignment.