Mariemont High School Library

English I Honors

Project Handouts and Tips

1. Intro (Timeline, Requirements, etc.)
2. Memo Instructions
3. Instructions for Formatting the Paper

1. Paraphrasing Help
2. Internal Citations Help

1. Formatting Works Cited Page (print)
2. Formatting Works Cited Page(audio)
3. Adding Headers in Word (print)
4. Adding Headers in Word (audio)

Book resources

• MHS Online Catalog

  Search for a book on your trial or important people involved in your trial.

• Check the cart of reserves in the library too!

Online Databases

• History Resource Center: US

  Reference book and periodical articles about events, people and places in US history.

• History Resource Center: World

  Reference book and periodical articles about events, people and places in US history.

• Oxford Reference Online

  Scroll down and click on "Law" in red.  Search for your trial or for a person involved in the trial.

Websites

• Crime Library

  Detailed information on famous crimes and criminals including background information, information about the case and the trial, and follow-up reports.

• Famous Trials

  Provides excerpts of transcripts, court decisions, biographies of those involved, and much more for nearly every famous trial on the list.

• LII (Legal Information Institute) Supreme Court Collection

  Provides a trial summary and the majority opinion and dissenting opinions for every U.S. Supreme Court trial.

• OYEZ--Supreme Court Multimedia

  Good way to browse Supreme Court cases by subject. When you click on a case, you can view a summary and the opinion and then choose to view the participants, the oral arguments, the opinion. Sometimes there is audio available too.