Cranston High School West Library: Chieffalo - Research Project - Biographies

Essential Question:  How can reading another person’s story instruct us?  In other words, what should we learn from studying the life of a specific inspirational person?

     Choose a person who inspires you.  It could be someone living today or a historical figure.  Then conduct research into that person’s life using various sources including print autobiographies, memoirs, or online databases.  You must use a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed or scholarly sources for your research.   You may not simply enter their name in Google or Wikipedia.  For help with credible sources, please see Mr. Chieffalo or visit the library website.

Directions for creating a Works Cited page in MyBib

1. Create or log into your account
2. Start New Project
3. Name the Project
4. Add Citations (+Citations)

• Website

• Copy and paste URL
• Click on website result
• Try to find missing or incorrect information in website article
• Click “Save”

• Book with one Author

• Click Book Tab
• Type in ISBN number
• Click on correct title
• Click “Save”

• Chapter in a Book

• Find under “More”
• Choose “Book Chapter”
• Fill in information
• Click "Save"

• Database/E-Book articles

• Copy formatted citation from database
• Find under “More”
• Choose Write/paste
• Paste
• Click “Save”

5. When you are finished adding all citations 
6. “Download Bibliography”
7. Download to Google Drive
8. Copy and paste the Works Cited page into your paper

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