APUS+Research+Project


 * Pretty weak, I know, but here's our wiki pilot. My thoughts are, we can use this page, or pages, to communicate with each other about good ideas in the research process. Maybe you can post a website, archive, database, or text that you find useful and that your classmates might find useful as well, maybe you think of an idea or interpretation of something in the Gilded Age, or a certain reading of The Devil in the White City that you want to share, or maybe there is a question you want to ask about locating sources, cratfing your argument, or even how do something technical in your essay, like cite sources or indent quotations. So, let's give it a shot...feel free to take some liberties, change the page, create a new page, insert links, etc...and we'll see what happens. If you want to start a new page about your topic, or about a general theme, go for it. For right now, anyone can make changes, but I would like for you to become a member, so that I can approve only the people in our class as members, and then only we will be able to make edits on the page.

Here's the research essay assignment, in case you've misplace it or want to refer to it. [|Devil Essay web.htm]

What's the biggest challenge you have had in the research and writing process so far?

Post advice and research tips for your classmates here:

ok guys...i know that this paper is due tomorrow, but if anyone is still looking for some last minute primary sources

go to the pro quest, historical newspaper database from edline. The user name is correct but for me, when i copy and pasted the password, it added on an extra character on the end, so try backspacing one if you have trouble getting on like i did. The NYT section of the site helped me a ton.**


 * Hey guys, I really think that you should all join the Facebook group that Alisha and I made. We are the only two people who use it, but it's awesome.** **http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39418474999&ref=ts

 Post good sources here:

http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/list3.pl **
 *  This is a good website I found on Eugenics. It has a lot of information on scientific processes and research.  **

http://rs6.loc.gov/ American Memory site has everything for this research paper (yes, that means women)

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html good site on child labor, it has lots of pictures

http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/about.html Illinois During the Gilded Age. The title speaks for itself. dk: This is actually a really good site with sections and resources on everything from labor to immigration to culture and of course, women. I'd say this is worth a look regardless of your particular topic.

http://americanhistory.suite101.com/ This site has a little bit about everything and is a pretty good place to get basic information about your topic

http://america.eb.com/ very general (I think it's on the databases) but I found a lot of good articles

A question: is [|this] the video we watched? I want to cite it, but I'm not sure if this is it.