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media type="custom" key="7942198" width="190" height="190" A Pathfinder for DAIS 4th Grade Timeline Project

Click here to search [|Destiny], the Online Library Catalog. You can use it to search for Library materials about your topic.

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Can't find what you're looking for in the library? Try using [|Google Books!] Google has an extensive library availble online, for free! Type your topic into the search box to see if there is a book about it. For example, if your topic is the "Great Depression," type that into the search box and click search books. Some books are available in full text, others just on a preview basis. Ask Mrs. Farrell for more help using Google Books!

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Here's a list of useful websites that will help you with your project!
 * [] || This website is published by the Library of Congress and provides an excellent chronology of events in American History. ||
 * [] || Published by the Smithsonian Institute, this site offers a timeline of American History from Colonial America to the 21st century. ||
 * [] || Research your topic through records available through the National Archives in Washington, D.C. ||
 * [|﻿http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/]﻿ || This Web site was designed and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools and colleges and is supported by the Department of History and the College of Education at the University of Houston. ||
 * [] || The Library of Congress American Memory site provides free and open access to historic maps, photos, documents, audio and video materials. ||
 * [] || Presented by the Office of the Historian and the United States Department of State, this website offers a chronological timeline of American milestones from 1750-2000. ||
 * [] || US government website for kids and families. ||
 * [] || Gold Rush, Civil rights, Space Exploration (This one is amazing!!). ||
 * [|http://womenshistorymonth.gov] || Women's Liberation. ||
 * [] || Great Civil War information presented by the Civil War Preservation Trust. ||
 * [] || World War II for Kids. ||
 * || Kids' search engine and links to several Cold War resources. ||
 * [] || Information about the Underground Railroad. ||
 * [] || Vietnam Online is the website companion to "Vietnam: A Television History," presented by PBS. ||
 * [] || A comprehensive Holocaust bibliography presented by the Jewish Virtual Library. ||
 * [] || Holocaust Encyclopedia provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. ||
 * [] || Early Colonial Era Timeline from 1000 A.D. to 1700. ||

Dallastown Area School District is very pleased to offer its students access to World Book Online. World Book Online Kids is an excellent resource for you to do research for any subject. Click on the logos above to access WBO Kids or Student versions. If you will be working from home, you will need to login with the username "dasdwbo" and the password "wildcats."

The POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries and the State Library. The POWER library allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. You will find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults. Click on the logo above to access POWER Library!

media type="custom" key="7942810" Mrs. Farrell has created a special Notetaking document to help you keep track of your research and where you found it. Click [|here] to access the document. Ask your teacher or Mrs. Farrell to help you print a copy.
 * Notetaking-- **

It is very important to give credit to the source of your information. Acknowledging the source of your research is called a citation. Kathy Schrock is a really smart librarian who came up with citations appropriate for different grade levels. The following are some sample citations acceptable for 4th grade. These examples show how you should format your bibliographic information.
 * Citations-- **

Books:
 * 1) Author, last name first.
 * 2) //Title of book.// (italicized)
 * 3) City of publication:
 * 4) Publisher, date of publication.

Gibbons, Gail. //Caves and Cave//rns. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1993.

Article in a Periodical (Magazines and Newspapers):
 * 1) Author (if available).
 * 2) "Title of Article." (In quotations)
 * 3) //Periodical title// (Italicized) date: page.

Bonar, Samantha. "Forecast: Hot and Hotter." //3-2-1 Contact// June 1996: 8-10.

World Wide Web
 * 1) Author, if known.
 * 2) "Title of the Article." (In quotations)
 * 3) //Title of Complete Work//. (Italicized)
 * 4) Date of your visit to site.

Clemens, Paul and Robert M. Hordon. "New Jersey." //World Book Online//. 12 Dec. 1999 <[] >

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