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Tuesday April 4th, 2023

Period 3-ENG3U

Welcome Mr. MacDonald’s Grade 11 English class! Today we’ll review where to find quality sources for research, and how to embed and cite sources in order to create an outstanding persuasive essay.

For research purposes, we’ll base our start in the Virtual Library. (Remember that many databases are password-protected from home).

  1. The Library Catalogue allows you remote access to our print, digital and streaming resources from anywhere at any time. To access this resource, you’ll simply need your TDSB log-in information.
  2. The Canadian Encyclopedia is an excellent source of information for Canadian individuals (or for those with ties to Canada).
  3. Websites within the Virtual Library such as Canadian Points of View and Gale in Context: Global Issues may be helpful. Just remember to choose Grade 9-12 and All Subjects in the yellow FIND tile.

The second part of this review will revolve around embedding quotes within your essay which follows MLA school of citation.

In English classes past you may have cited novels or short stories or poems parenthetically using MLA, which involves the author and page number from the text.

For Mr. MacDonald’s assignment many of your sources will be online so that changes things a little bit.

To embed quotes, there are a few simple guidelines to remember:

  1. No lonely quotes!
  2. Run-In and/or Run-Out
  3. Peppering a quote
  4. DOT.DOT.DOT
  5. COPY COPY (AUTHOR PAGE) PERIOD.
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Finally, when in doubt, OWL Purdue is a great resource for all of your citation needs.

Remember that you will need to include a Works Cited page using  MLA school of Citation. It is crucial to properly reference information that is not your own in order to give credit where it’s due and also to avoid PLAGIARISM. Providing your teacher with a URL for a website used unfortunately will not cut it anymore.

Using the following information will put you on the right track to creating a Works Cited page to be proud of!

Below you’ll find the Laurier Guide for MLA Citation.

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Friday March 31st, 2023

Period 4 – CHW3M – History of the World to the 16th Century

Mr Kosowan’s class will be coming to the Library to work on their Egyptian Power Cards assignment and to refresh their knowledge of footnotes for referencing.

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Image of Queen Twosret from Historical Eve

We suggest you use the following resources :

The Library Catalogue allows you remote access to our print, digital and streaming resources from anywhere at any time. To access this resource, you’ll simply need your TDSB log-in information.

Instead of just going to Google, you could also consult the following websites and databases as well:

Fordham University has created an Internet Sourcebook that provides primary source documents different civilizations and eras across History.

The Perseus Project: From TUFTS University, this collection of cultural, historic and literary sources from the Greco-Roman world provides you with excellent material.

Several other good websites to look at are Ancient History Encyclopedia and Penn Museum.

One more thing to note, is reviewing how to create footnotes for this assignment.

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Tuesday March 7th, 2023

Period 2 – Ms. Muzzi’s ADD2O1

Ms. Muzzi’s Grade 10 Stage Crew Class is coming in to work on their speech assignment.

We have several books that include famous and maybe even inspirational speeches. We can help you photocopy some of them for you to annotate.

Democratic National Convention Fun GIF by Election 2016

Also, there is the grandeur of the Internet.

Here are some sites that include full-text speeches.

https://www.neil.blog/best-speeches-full-transcripts

https://jamesclear.com/great-speeches

https://www.rev.com/blog/transcript-category/classic-speech-transcripts

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Wednesday March 1st, 2023

Periods 1 & 2-SNC1D1/7

Ms. Lane’s classes will be coming in to work on their Elements Infographic assignment.

Resources

Alphabetical Elements List

Here are some other very useful resources you can pick up at the Laurier Virtual Library. 

Before you can access the database list, remember to indicate that you’re in Gr 9-12. Select ALL Resource Types and Science as your SUBJECT. Your results will include databases and external web links that may provide better information than if you simple GOOGLE your element.

Scrolling down to Subject Guides at the bottom of this list and selecting Science and Grade 9 will bring you to resources for your course. Selecting Chemistry: The Nature of Matter will yield some useful results as well.

Citation

For Science assignments, you will be using the APA school of citation. Remember that a Reference list is required.

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Remember to look to OWL @ Purdue for other questions that arise about citation. It’s where Mrs. Vilicic or Mr. Kosowan go when we’re looking for information about citation.

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Tuesday February 28th, 2023

Period 3 – CHW3M – History of the World to the 16th Century

Hanging Gardens of Babylon, World History Encyclopedia

Mr Kosowan’s class will be coming to the Library to work on their Mesopotamian TripAdvisor assignment.

We suggest you use the following resources :

The Library Catalogue allows you remote access to our print, digital and streaming resources from anywhere at any time. To access this resource, you’ll simply need your TDSB log-in information.

Instead of just going to Google, you could also consult the following websites and databases as well:

Fordham University has created an Internet Sourcebook that provides primary source documents different civilizations and eras across History.

The Perseus Project: From TUFTS University, this collection of cultural, historic and literary sources from the Greco-Roman world provides you with excellent material.

Several other good websites to look at are Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient Mesopotamians and Penn Museum.

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Friday February 24th, 2023

Period 3

Ms. Maharaj – CHV2O1 – Civics & Citizenship

Researching using news sources for your Current Events Analysis can be done through the Virtual Library as well as using Google. (Remember to keep track of where you found your information so that formatting your Works Cited list will be a breeze!)

It is crucial to properly reference information that is not your own in order to give credit where it’s due and also to avoid PLAGIARISM. Providing your teacher with a URL for a website used unfortunately will not cut it anymore

Using the following information will put you on the right track to creating a Works Cited list to be proud of!

Below you’ll find the Laurier Guide for MLA Citation.

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Have a look at this video for help with parenthetically embedding citations within the body of your work.

Remember to look at OWL @ Purdue for other questions that arise about citation. It’s where Mr. Kososwan & Ms. Vilicic go when we’re looking for information about citation.

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Wednesday March 1st, 2023

Periods 1 & 2-SNC1D1/7

Ms. Lane’s classes will be coming in to work on their Elements Infographic assignment.

Resources

Alphabetical Elements List

Here are some other very useful resources you can pick up at the Laurier Virtual Library. 

Before you can access the database list, remember to indicate that you’re in Gr 9-12. Select ALL Resource Types and Science as your SUBJECT. Your results will include databases and external web links that may provide better information than if you simple GOOGLE your element.

Scrolling down to Subject Guides at the bottom of this list and selecting Science and Grade 9 will bring you to resources for your course. Selecting Chemistry: The Nature of Matter will yield some useful results as well.

Citation

For Science assignments, you will be using the APA school of citation. Remember that a Reference list is required.

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Remember to look to OWL @ Purdue for other questions that arise about citation. It’s where Mrs. Vilicic or Mr. Kosowan go when we’re looking for information about citation.

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Wednesday December 21st, 2022

Welcome Ms. Vieth’s PPL2 & PPL3/4!

We’re here to talk to you about APA Citation and how to find information for your assignments.

This Primer on APA will help explain the basics of how you’ll be citing your work within a report as well as how to create the “References” list.

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OWL Purdue is another option if you need help with APA citation.

As for research, today we’re going to look within the TDSB’s Virtual Library for information that will best support your topics/assignment.

Remember to select your Grade range (9-12) and subject area (Science &/or Health) before starting to search in the yellow FIND tile.

Other options include:

Remember that the databases are password-protected and some of the passwords have changed since last year. You will need to be logged into AW to access these resources. Look for the orange Passwords & Info icon in the Virtual Library.

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You’ll see this at the top of the Virtual Library page.
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Monday December 12th, 2022

Period 1-AMS (Strings)

Welcome to the library, Ms. Parker-Cook’s class!

You are here to research music composers of film, TV or video games.

Google may be your best friend for this assignment however we have curated some websites to save you a little time!

Top 17 Film Composers and the World of Film Music

40 of the Greatest Video Game Composers

Top 37 Film/TV Music Composers

Film and Television Music Composers-Queensborough Community College Library Guide

Period 2-AMS (Vocals)

Welcome to the library, Ms. Parker-Cook’s class!

You are here to research famous musicals. Here are a few places to look for information.

Image Credit: Getty Images

Musicals 101.com

Musical Theater-Music Resources-Queensborough Community College Library Guide

Stage Agent

Google Scholar

Broadway.org

Period 3-AMS (Guitar)

Welcome to the Library, Ms. Parker-Cook’s class!

You are here to research Musical Careers and Schools.

 

5 Things To Consider Before You Opt For A Music Career | Dotted Music

Image Credit: DottedMusic.com

A good starting point would be by logging into MyBlueprint, using the post-secondary link in the menu on the left. 

Googling “private music schools” in Ontario may also yield some results.

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Monday December 5th, 2022

Periods 1 & 2-CHC2D

Mr. Kosowan’s Grade 10 History classes will be coming in to research technological innovations of World War Two.

We suggest using the following resources.

The Canadian Encyclopedia – This thorough collection of resources covers most Canadian options, but also looks at the local impact of globally renowned individuals and their innovations. It also provides links and a bibliography for easy access.

Britannica.com – This is a good starting point for general information.

You will need to search your innovation within these websites.

History.com

Warhistoryonline.com

Historycollection.co

Science History Institute

Here are some other very useful resources you can pick up at the Laurier Virtual Library.

Resources for the CHC2O Included are the Virtual Library Catalogue,  Canadian Points of View and Global Issues in Context. 

Before you can access the database list, remember to indicate that you’re in Gr 9-12.

In some cases, using Google might be a good bet. Ask yourself the following questions though…

  1. Who created the information you’re using? Are they a trustworthy source? Why or why not?
  2. When was the information created? Is it out of date or premature maybe?
  3. Is there any implicit (or explicit) bias that you should take into account?
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