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 * Do-it-Yourself DAQ **

Databases and Ebooks
ebooks include: ebooks include:
 * [[image:brookfieldhs-lmc/abc_amhist.jpg link="@http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/"]] || media type="custom" key="9453886" || [[image:Sharpe_Online_logo.jpg width="327" height="61" caption="un and pw = brookfieldhs" link="@http://www.sharpe-online.com/"]]
 * [|American Countercultures]
 * [|American Social Movements]
 * [|Culture Wars in America]
 * [|Social Issues in America] ||  ||
 * media type="custom" key="6065951" || [[image:brookfieldhs-lmc/salem_histoy.png width="126" height="54" link="@http://history.salempress.com/"]]
 * Decades in America (1920-1999)
 * Great Events from History - 20th Century
 * Great Events from History - Modern Scandals || [[image:abc_war.png width="334" height="69" link="@http://worldatwar.abc-clio.com/"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:brookfieldhs-lmc/abc_issues.jpg link="@http://issues.abc-clio.com/"]] || media type="custom" key="9352676" align="left" || [[image:http://ebooks.abc-clio.com/images/newabclogo_black.gif width="356" height="30" link="@http://ebooks.abc-clio.com/main.aspx?t=subject"]] ||  ||
 * [[image:ebsco history.png caption="un and pw brookfieldhs" link="@http://trial.ebscohost.com"]] || media type="custom" key="9352304" align="left" || [[image:ebsco points of view.png width="184" height="63" caption="un and pw brookfieldhs" link="http://trial.ebscohost.com"]] ||   ||

Weblinks
American Memory Collection from the Library of Congress Primary Source Documents from the Library of Congress Nara Documents Historical Thinking Matters Primary Source Documents from Digital History Digital Public Library of America

Noodle Tools
When you begin the citation of your source, you should choose its original format. For instance, if you are reading an ebook, you choose book and then use the tabs across the top of the citation form to select where you read the book: website, database, etc.

__Although more information may be required__, as a bare minimum all book citations should include:
 * title of book
 * author or editor
 * publisher
 * publication city
 * publication year

Reference book citations should also include page numbers
 * Sample book citation: **
 * Giblin, James. // Rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy // . Boston: Clarion Books, 2009. Print.

**Sample reference book citation: **

 * "William Shakespeare." // Encyclopedia of World Biography // . Ed. Paula K. Byers. 2nd ed. Vol. 14. New York: Gale, 1998. Print.

Sample e-book citation:

 * Pavlac, Brian A., ed. // Great Events from History: The Middle Ages // . // Salem History // . Salem Press, 2012. Web. 23 May 2011

Sample database citations:
Please remember that you do not need the URL when citing a database provided by BHS.
 * Tomassini, Christine. "Will Smith." // Biograhy in Context // . Gale, 2006. Web. 23 May 2012.

Sample Assessment Annotation

 * "The Growth of the Tobacco Trade." // USHistory.org // . Independence Hall Association, 2012. Web. 23 May 2012. < [] >. This website provided information about ........ AND In assessing currency of this website the article addresses an historic event and website has been updated this year. The authors are The Independence Hall Association; a well established historical society affiliated with the Independence National Historic Park. This organization has authority as historians dedicated to educating people about American history. They maintain a neutral perspective that is not overly biased toward one point of view.


 * Sample Summary Annotation **
 * Shouse, Aimee D. Presidents From Nixon Through Carter. Westport; Greenwood Press, 2002. Print. This print source provided information about the speech that Nixon gave to America about the Cambodian Incursion regarding its purpose and the result. It includes information about the controversies surrounding the Nixon administration.

Assignment and Rubrics
Academic U.S. History Classes Honors U. S. History Classes