If You Haven't Had Your Notes Checked Off

Use the sources you already found, and take a set of notes on each one.

1) Begin with Biography Reference Center.
       You can get back to your article by finding the link on Edmodo with your sign up under
                 IMPORTANT -- SIGN-UP FOR YOUR HERO.
         Open up Biography Reference Center by logging in through our school homepage, Resources, Biography Reference Center.  Use the login information on your yellow instruction sheet.  Then click on your link (URL).  
                  Take the notes.  Remember that you will need the citation.   Find it by clicking on the "golden ticket"  the yellowish page icon at the top of the article. Copy and paste the MLA citation. 

2)  Then use the sources you found through Pioneer Online Library to take more notes.
      Find the URL's and citations where you saved them on Edmodo under Turned In or Graded for the assignment Finding Sources with Pioneer Library.
       Go to our school homepage and click on Resources, then Pioneer Online Library.  Log in using the information on your pink instruction page.  (If you are at school, you do not have to log in.)
Before you click on one of your URL's to open the article, you must have already opened the database or encyclopedia where you found it.  
       Open your article and take your notes.

Qualities of Great Notes:

• They are interesting facts -- not just generalizations. 
•  For example, "Joe Pit was the greatest football player ever" is a generalization.
•  How do you know he is?
• You'd need to use specific facts such as the number of Super Bowls he helped win, the records he broke, the awards he won, and so on. 
• They are written in your own words.  Make sure each is accurate.
• They can be just words or phrases as long as you can look back at them and clearly remember the fact.
• You will most likely take the most notes on your first article, then carefully read your other articles for additional facts and insights. 
• If you cannot find three articles total with Bio. Ref. Center and the encyclopedia and databases through Pioneer, talk with me about possibly using a source that you could google. (We'll need to make sure it is a reliable and useful source.)