Pirates

Pirates? Yes, pirates. They're a big problem for cargo ships. What will you write about? The history of piracy, piracy today, depictions of pirates?




Books at the Park Forest Public Library:

The Buccaneers of America by A.O. Exquemelin (917.29 EXQ)
Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign by Stephan Talty (972.904 TAL)
The Golden Age of Piracy by Hugh F. Rankin (910.453 RAN)
In Pirate Waters by Richard Wheeler (910.453 WHE)
Pirates by David J. Mitchell (910.453 MIT)
Pirates in History by Ralph T. Ward (910.453 WAR)
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life among Pirates by David Cordingly (910.45 COR)


Databases:

Suggested databases: EBSCOhost MasterFILE, Newspaper Source Plus, and History Reference Center; Student Research Center; Points of View; History Resource Center; Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Keywords: Pirates, Piracy

Limit to: Full text, peer-reviewed

Narrow results by subject: Pirates, Hijacking of Ships, Piracy


Internet Search:

Library of Congress: Exploring the Early Americas: Pirates and Privateers
http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/AftermathoftheEncounter/CompetitionforEmpire/PiratesandPrivateers/Pages/SlObjectList.aspx
Check out these images about the historical pirate problem.

America.gov: Piracy links
http://search.state.gov/search?oe=utf8&output=xml_no_dtd&lr=lang_en&client=americagov&proxystylesheet=americagov&getfields=*&site=americagov&q=Piracy
View these articles on piracy from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs.

Searching Google

If you're doing an Internet search for a research paper, you have to be careful about what Web sites you use. Usually, Web sites made by the government (.gov), universities (.edu), and some non-profit organizations (.org) have the best information.

Quick Google tip: After your keyword, add one of these-

site: gov

site: edu
site: org

You'll have fewer Web sites to look through, and they'll be more reliable than a lot of .com Web sites.

Epidemics

Before you begin, think about the focus of your paper. You may want to consider historical epidemics, the effects of epidemics, vaccine supplies, or the likelihood of future epidemics. Will you focus on one disease or discuss the differences between different diseases?

Books at the Park Forest Public Library:

AIDS (Y 616.97 AID)
AIDS/HIV (Ref 362.1 AID 2008)

The Black Death, 1346-1353: The Complete History by Ole Jorgen Benedictow (614.5732 BEN)

The Devil's Flu: The World's Deadliest Influenza Epidemic and the Scientific Hunt for the Virus that Caused It by Pete Davies (614.518 DAV)

The Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases by Carol Turkington (Ref 616.9 TUR)

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It by Gina Bari Kolata (LT 614.518 KOL)

Global Epidemics (614.4 GLO)

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (614.57 PRE)

Infectious Diseases Sourcebook (Ref 616.9 INF)

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic by Stephanie True Peters (616.518 PET)

Pandemics by Debra A. Miller (Y 618.92 MIL)

Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections by Madeline Drexler (614.4 DRE)

Smallpox in the New World by Stephanie True Peters (616.912 PET)

When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS by James Giblin (Y 614.49 GIB)

Databases:

EBSCO: Student Research Center, Points of View, Consumer Health Complete, EBSCOhost: MasterFILE, Newspaper Source Plus, Science Reference Center, History Reference Center

Gale: History Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, Science Resource Center

Keyword Suggestions: Epidemic, Pandemic, Swine Flu, Spanish Flu, Bird Flu, H1N1, Mad Cow, AIDS, Ebola, Plague, Smallpox, Whooping Cough

Limit Suggestions: Full text, peer-reviewed

Narrow results by subject: Epidemics, Pandemics, Influenza, Avian Influenza, Swine Influenza

Internet Resources:

National Archives and Records Administration: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic
This government Web site has images and documents from the 1918 Influenza Epidemic (Spanish Flu).

World Health Organization: Diseases Covered by Global Alert and Response
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/en
Access current updates on outbreaks of disease throughout the world

Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/
Get updates on various diseases and on vaccine information

Harvard University Library Open Collections Program: Contagion
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion
Access historical perspectives on the science and public policy of epidemiology.

Citations

If you are using MLA to cite your sources, try http://www.easybib.com/. It's a free resource that will create your citations for you.

If you are using APA to cite your sources, try http://citationmachine.net/.

For official rules, see the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (R 808.027 MLA) and Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (R 808.02 PUB).

Below is a sample of an APA citation.

Global Warming

Before you begin, think about what aspects of global warming you want to research. Is your focus on greenhouse gases, anthropogenic warming, polar icecap melting, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), local effects, historical aspects, or solutions to global warming? You can use these terms as your keywords when searching our catalog, databases, or online.

Books at Park Forest Public Library:

1. Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action by David Spratt (363.73874 SPR)
2. Dead Heat: The Race against the Greenhouse Effect by Michael Oppenheimer (363.7387 OPP)
3. The Discovery of Global Warming by Spencer R. Weart (551.6 WEA)
4. Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World by Amy Seidl (363.738 SEI)
5. Earth, the Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming by Fred Krupp (621.042 KRU)
6. Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World by Gary Braasch (363.738 BRA)
7. The Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet by Edward Humes (333.72 HUM)
8. The Global Ecology (363.7 GLO)
9. Global Warming (Y 363.738 GLO)
10. Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints (363.73874 GLO)
11. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about It by Albert Gore (363.73874 GOR)
12. Is Global Warming a Threat (363.73874 IS)
13. On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear by Richard Ellis (599.786 ELL)
14. Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Albert Gore (577 GOR)
15. The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air about Global Warming by Patrick J. Michaels (363.7387 MIC)
16. Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over Global Warming by Chris Mooney (363.738 MOO)
17. The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth by Tim F. Flannery (363.73874 FLA)
18. A World without Ice by H.N. Pollack (551.31 POL)

Databases:

EBSCO: Student Research Center, Points of View, EBSCOhost: MasterFILE, Newspaper Source Plus, Science Reference Center

Gale: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, Science Resource Center

Try keywords like: Global Warming, Climate Change

Limit searches with: Full Text, Peer Reviewed

Narrow Results by Subject: Climatic Changes, Global Warming

Internet Resources:

United States Global Change Research Program
http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts
Access the report Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States for comprehensive and authoritative information on the effects of climate change on the United States, now and in the future.

U.S. EPA: Climate Change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange
Access basic information and scientific studies on climate change.

IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/
Access reports on climate change, impacts, and mitigation.