Mr. Huskilson SS11 World War II Project
People, Events and Technology of World War II
Helpful Links
WVSS Library Website: http://www.sd45slc.ca/
WVSS Library catalogue: http://sd45library.sd45.bc.ca/
Citing Sources with Noodle Tools: http://www.sd45slc.ca/citing-sources-with-noodle-tools.html
Working Bibliography Sheet: http://www.sd45slc.ca/working-bibliography-sheet.html
Starting your research
You will need to create a bibliography for this research assignment.
Open a Noodle Tools project, using MLA style and Junior setting.
Or use the working bibliography sheet to keep track of your sources.
Find a variety of good-quality academic sources for your research.
Aim for 3 sources. Try to use one book, one online encyclopedia and one website.
Sources
Books
A number of books on your topics have been set aside for you on the reserve cart for use in your research blocks and can be signed out afterwards.
Cite these as a book in print format on Noodle Tools, or use the first set of boxes on the working bibliography handout.
General Reference Encyclopedias – online access 24/7 via the library website
(passwords required, make sure you have a copy of the orange bookmark)
World Book and Britannica
Select student level in Worldbook and middle in Britannica
http://www.sd45slc.ca/encyclopedias.html
Cite these as reference sources that you got from a database on Noodle Tools, or use the second set of boxes on the working bibliography handout.
Websites
A few examples to get you started, all free Online, no passwords required
Canadian Encyclopedia
This source will help you answer the question of how your topic effects Canada.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/
Canadian War Museum
The Canadian War Museum is Canada’s National Museum of Military History.
Canadian War Museum: Canada and the Second World War
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1931d_day_e.shtml
For primary sources, try Democracy at war, Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/canadawar/wlmking_e.shtml
Veterans Affairs Canada
This Government of Canada website has information on World War II
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war
This link has Canada’s role in the second world war.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/canada-and-the-second-world-war
Science and Technology Fact Sheet (including Radar)
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/pdf/cr/pi-sheets/science.pdf
Cite these as websites on Noodle Tools or use the third set of boxes on the working bibliography handout.
WVSS Library Website: http://www.sd45slc.ca/
WVSS Library catalogue: http://sd45library.sd45.bc.ca/
Citing Sources with Noodle Tools: http://www.sd45slc.ca/citing-sources-with-noodle-tools.html
Working Bibliography Sheet: http://www.sd45slc.ca/working-bibliography-sheet.html
Starting your research
You will need to create a bibliography for this research assignment.
Open a Noodle Tools project, using MLA style and Junior setting.
Or use the working bibliography sheet to keep track of your sources.
Find a variety of good-quality academic sources for your research.
Aim for 3 sources. Try to use one book, one online encyclopedia and one website.
Sources
Books
A number of books on your topics have been set aside for you on the reserve cart for use in your research blocks and can be signed out afterwards.
Cite these as a book in print format on Noodle Tools, or use the first set of boxes on the working bibliography handout.
General Reference Encyclopedias – online access 24/7 via the library website
(passwords required, make sure you have a copy of the orange bookmark)
World Book and Britannica
Select student level in Worldbook and middle in Britannica
http://www.sd45slc.ca/encyclopedias.html
Cite these as reference sources that you got from a database on Noodle Tools, or use the second set of boxes on the working bibliography handout.
Websites
A few examples to get you started, all free Online, no passwords required
Canadian Encyclopedia
This source will help you answer the question of how your topic effects Canada.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/
Canadian War Museum
The Canadian War Museum is Canada’s National Museum of Military History.
Canadian War Museum: Canada and the Second World War
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1931d_day_e.shtml
For primary sources, try Democracy at war, Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/canadawar/wlmking_e.shtml
Veterans Affairs Canada
This Government of Canada website has information on World War II
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war
This link has Canada’s role in the second world war.
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/canada-and-the-second-world-war
Science and Technology Fact Sheet (including Radar)
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/pdf/cr/pi-sheets/science.pdf
Cite these as websites on Noodle Tools or use the third set of boxes on the working bibliography handout.
