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1984 and its Connection to the Modern World

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 Check Historical Facts using  Search engines, directories Search Periodicals (Magazines and Newspapers)



 Facts on File

Gale 

ABC-CLIO

EBSCO HostWeb

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com

http://www.foreignaffairs.org

http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html (Chinese History)

NEW TO TRY

http://trial.ebscohost.com     (same username and password as other databases)--(Biography Reference Center & Points of View Reference Center)

Google:  http://google.com

NetTrekker: 

Librarian's Index to the Internet

Scirus:  http://www.scirus.com/srsapp

Google Books:  http://books.google.com

Google Scholar:  http://scholar.google.com

EBSCO HostWeb

Gale's POWER SEARCH

General One File

Custom Newspapers

Opposing Viewpoints

http://www.worldpress.org

ProQuest (make copies of articles!)

Literature Resources


** Gale's Literature Resource Center

ProQuest Learning Literature  (Knowledge Notes)

EBSCO Literary Reference Center (Masterplots)

Facts on File:  Blooms Literary Center http://netcharles.com/orwell/books/1984.htm

http://www.k-1com/Orwell/index.cgi/work/summaries/1984.html


To prove Credibility & Authority of "free web" sources be sure to evaluate in at least *3* areas:


  • Authorship of the information OR credibility of the organization providing the web site

  • Date of the information
  • Purpose of the article (.edu / .org/ .gov/ .com) Was the article written to inform or persuade? Does it provide fair treatment of more than viewpoint regarding the subject?
  • Web Evaluation Checklist

The ADVANCE SEARCH option will be important to your research!



 
Updated 10/14/09