Mariemont High School Library

World History I

Handouts

1. Example of a Content Farm Article
2. Project Description
3. Brainstorming Search Terms
4. Super Searcher Techniques

1. Truncation Search Tutorial
2. OR Search Tutorial
3. NOT Search Tutorial
4. Synonym Search Tutorial
5. Domain Search Tutorial

1. Outline Template
2. Works Cited Example
3. Noodle Tools

Resources

Online Articles from Databases

• Academic Search Premier (an Ebscohost collection)Scholarly articles from journals and magazines.
• EbscohostMagazine, newspapers, and journal articles.
• Gale World History in Context

  Articles from reference books, magazines, and newspapers on all aspects of world history.

• Questia School

  Thousands of books (plus magazines and journals) in online format. Once logged in you can bookmark, highlight, and take notes as well as automatically quote and cite.

• World Book Encyclopedia

  Good place to find general overviews.

• World History: Ancient and Medieval Times

  Database articles on historical people, places and events.

Books

• MHS Online Catalog

  Find a book from our library.

• Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Online Catalog

  Find a book from Cincinnati Public Library. Once you find a book you want, click on "Place Hold" to have it sent to the Mariemont Branch for you.

Websites

• BBC Ancient History Portal

  Excellent info on many cultures a good place to browse for topic ideas.

• Portals to the World

  Quality information on 300 of history's movers and shakers.

• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

  Primary sources from ancient history plus links to art and architecture.

• Librarian's Index to the Internet

  Subject directory that gives a select group of good websites about your topic.