Great+Buildings

Please include:

 * Basic facts and statistics about your building - Name, location, dates, size, etc.
 * Purpose - Why was it built? What is its function?
 * Construction history - materials, techniques, architect, etc.
 * Style - how it looks and why (may be motivated by structural as well as aesthetic concerns)
 * News or opinions - often people have or had very strong opinions about an iconic structure
 * Today - have there been additions? demolitions? change of use?
 * Interesting facts or stories
 * Images - consider current images, historical images, construction pictures, plans, drawings, maps and details

Format:

 * 4-5 pages, double spaced, 12pt Times New Roman font
 * Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation
 * Include a Works Cited page with a minimum of 3 resources, in MLA format

Select a Building
Still need a topic? Try one of these [|"Greatest Hits"] Need some inspiration or a challenge? Try [|50 Strange Buildings],[|50 Unusual Buildings], or [|80 Unusual Buildings] *note: some of these may be tougher to research.

Brainstorm Keywords and Key Phrases
Any significant words or phrases that relate directly to your topic. Also try to think of related terms, and synonyms. Don't forget terms like the name of the architect, the building's style, or any unique construction materials or methods.

The Library Catalog

 * [|Search the catalog]
 * Try your search by "Keyword," or by Author, Title or Subject
 * Architecture and construction books are in the 600s and 700s.
 * Don't be discouraged by a lack of results - look in the index of a more general title.
 * Try the encyclopedias to get started.

Google Search
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 * Examine your search results for success or failure, and use search results to identify new keywords (or discard old ones).
 * Broaden or narrow your results using different combination of your keywords.
 * Look for official visitor sites; these tend to be run by non-profits or government agencies.
 * Filter your results by "Images" - adding the terms "history" or "construction" "plans," "blueprints" or "drawings" can be useful.
 * Evaluate websites using the [|5 W's] and by using the [[image:https://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="https://compcolts.wikispaces.com/file/view/Clues+to+URL%27s.doc"]] [|Clues to URL's.doc]
 * Keep track of what you find so you can cite it later!

Gale Power Search
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 * Type in one or two of your keywords
 * Sort by Relevance
 * Refine by "Documents with Full-Text"
 * Content Types: default is magazines, but also try "news"
 * Limit Search by: related subjects, or document type ("Article")
 * Keep track of what you find so you can cite it later! (Printed or emailed articles from a database will include a citation)
 * To search from home use : cchslibrary

Great Buildings

 * [|Great Buildings]
 * Includes brief entries on thousands of buildings
 * Quickly find out the architect, style, dates, and materials
 * Great source of images, including plans and other drawings

Building Big

 * [|The Wonders of the World databank by PBS]
 * Includes brief entries on famous structures
 * Quickly find out facts including size, construction cost and fun facts

Cite Your Sources

 * [|Bibme.org]
 * [|Citation Machine]


 * ===Article=== ||  ||
 * =====Format===== || Author’s Last name, First name. “Article.” //Italicize// or __Underline__ Periodical’s Title Day Month Year: page #. ||
 * =====Example===== || Bezell, Robert. “Science and Society: Growth Industry.” __New Republic__ 15 Mar. 1993: 13-14. ||


 * ===Book=== ||  ||
 * =====Format===== || Author’s Last name, First name. //Italicize// or __Underline__ Title. Place: Publisher, Date of publication. ||
 * =====Example===== || De Pauw, Linda Grant. __Founding Mothers: Women of Revolutionary America.__ New York: Houghton-Mifflin, 1975. ||


 * ===Website=== ||  ||
 * ====Format==== || Author’s Last name, First name (if given). “Article’s Title.” __Underline Site Title__. Date posted or last updated. Sponsor of the site. Day Month Year of Access . ||
 * ====Example==== || “Cambridge MA Census 2000: Data and Analysis.” __City of Cambridge: Community Development Department, Community Planning Division__. 2002. City of Cambridge. 8 July 2002 []. ||