Curated Collections in Library of Congress Newspaper Database

18th and 19th Century- Chronicling America

Gale U.S. History in Context

Direct Link- check in library for off-campus access

EBSCO History Reference Center

If you’re looking for a newspaper article as a primary source, use the Library of Congress Newspaper Database

Documents from the Illinois State Archives: Hard Times: Depression Era

Abe Lincoln in Illinois- mentions emancipation,

 Early Chicago to 1871,  Chicago after the Fire to 1900

Collections from University of Illinois

Illinois Newspapers, U.S. Farm Industry journals and Popular Culture and Entertainment in the U.S.

Check out these links for MLA formatting instructions:

https://columbiacollege-ca.libguides.com/mla/in-text

Purdue OWL https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

For Works Cited:

practice-template from the MLA Style Center

Mrs. Schou’s Template   MLA 8 bib form_UT

For Writing Tips:

https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/index.html

Check out this free resource, http://uths.driving-tests.org/illinois/, for practice exams for the Illinois Driver Permit Exam.

Check the Cumulative Index of Volume 31 for Author/Title references from Gale’s Drama for Students. This source is great for summary, context, themes and criticism. If your playwright or play is profiled, there are also individually named authors who have written criticism and these can be cited as a source.

http://tinygaleurl.com?2ygl4qv – Volume 31, Click Cumulative Author/Title index and then do a search for your playwright in the Search Publication box.

Gale products have a nice Google Docs and EasyBib integration. You can save the documents by clicking Download, and the Citation by clicking Cite with Easybib.

Looking for a primary source for a play? Try these resources, with thanks to Mrs. Carroll for rounding them up.

http://classics.mit.edu/Search/index.html – Greek and Roman only

http://www.readprint.com/books-6/Plays  -Searchable source for play books, search for a title, select it and then Read Online, or with a link to purchase on Amazon, often free from Kindle

http://www.the-noh.com/en/plays/index.html – For Japanese Noh plays synopsis and highlights

Check out this online guide to improving your writing, using citations properly and making an impression on your teacher.  College writing guide from Affordable Online Colleges

Doing research on a controversial topic? Use EBSCO Explora to find credible articles.  Saving to Google Drive makes it easy to get back to your full-text results.  Refer to your password information sheet if you’re accessing from home.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&custid=s9492425&profile=src_ic&groupid=main

Credibility is assured if you find information from Medline.gov , produced by the National Library of Medicine, a division of the National Institue of Health.

Another website to check for the latest studies in nutrition. https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/

Mythology E-Books: Looking for information for a god or goddess? Be sure you visit the Gale Virtual Reference Library and search by name.

Once you’ve found an entry, click Download and save to Google Drive. The document will be in Drive under a Folder named Gale Virtual Reference Library. You can also export/save your citation directly into EasyBib.

If you need biographical information on an author, don’t miss Gale Litfinder. The database isn’t searched by the Gale PowerSearch. I found Shel Silverstein, who can you find?