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Revolutions of 1848 Mr. Durkin/Mrs. Despines/Mrs. Rentschler Jan. 2013 Revolutions of 1848 Print Sources Some books have been pulled and placed on a cart for you. More titles are available in the library, which can be located using the web-based book catalog, Destiny at https://uscsd.follettdestiny.com/ o You can also access Destiny from STUDENT LINKS. o You may also want to try general encyclopedias, located near the computers in the front of the Library, and specialized encyclopedias located in the Reference 973 section. Online Databases Gale Virtual Reference Library Keywords: all guest list names INCLDING Olympe From STUDENT LINKS, click Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click the link for Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click the Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2004 Use the search bar on the left side of the page for the name of the person. MAKE SURE ALL EDITIONS IS ON. You can find the 7th edition MLA citation at the bottom of the each article. There is also a bibliography list of other articles that could be helpful. You can also search through ALL Gale Virtual Reference Library ebooks by using the search bar at the top of the page. 1 EBSCO eBooks Keywords: Machiavelli, Cardinal Richelieu, Bishop Jacques Bossuet, “Maria Theresa,” “Edmund Burke,” “Catherine the Great,” “Thomas Jefferson,” Charles Talleyrand, Robespierre, Napoleon Bonaparte From STUDENT LINKS, click POWER Library. Under LITERATURE click eBooks on EBSCO Type the title of your work in the FIND bar. If necessary, make sure to select FULL TEXT. For home access: Go to STUDENT LINKS or go to the Township Library’s web page http://www.twpusc.org/library/index.html o You will need the barcode number from your TOWNSHIP LIBRARY CARD! o On the right-hand side of the screen, click onto ONLINE DATABASES. Click POWER LIBRARY under “Databases by Subject,” or “General Reference.” o Follow the directions and enter the barcode number on your Township Library card. If you need to use your password, it is the last 4 digits of your phone number. o Then click onto the database that you want to use. Gale’s Discovering Collection Keywords: revolution 1848; all names on guest list are in this database Be sure to check out sources under REFERENCES and PRIMARY DOCUMENTS. You can email articles in this database. From STUDENT LINKS, click onto the Gale’s Discovering Collection. If prompted, type in the password panther and click PROCEED. Home access directions: Go to STUDENT LINKS or http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/uppe55745?db=DC Enter this password: panther Click PROCEED. History Reference Center Keywords: revolutions 1848; all names on guest list EXCEPT Olympe de Gouges To access this database from school: From STUDENT LINKS, click onto History Reference Center. For home access, go to Student Links User Id: uschs Password: panther Encyclopedia Britannica (Primary Documents!) Keywords: revolutions 1848; all guest list names INCLDING Olympe From STUDENT LINKS, click the Encyclopedia Britannica link (left side of page at the bottom). If needed, login: user I.D.: uschs password: panther Choose the HIGH SCHOOL edition (VIEW THIS LEVEL). You can access eBooks and primary sources in the REFERENCE DESK area. To cite Britannica articles, click the CITE ARTICLE button at the top right. World Book Online Reference Center and World Book Advanced (Primary Documents!) Keywords: revolutions 1848 (look at primary results too); all guest list names EXCEPT for Bossuet and Olympe de Gouges From STUDENT LINKS, click the World Book Online link. 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Use the ADD TO THIS LIST AND MY LIST features to make personalized book lists that you can save and/or email. 3 Google Book Result The real Francis-Joseph: the private life of the emperor of Austria - Google Books Result by Henri de Weindel, Philip Walsingham Sergeant - 1909 - History - 317 pages Google Book results for Paris Revolution 1848 French Revolution in 1848: The Three Days of ... - by Percy Bolingbroke St John - 260 pages History of the French Revolution of 1848 - by Alphonse de Lamartine, ... - 538 pages Work and Revolution in France: The Language of ... - by William Hamilton Sewell - 356 pages Ohio University’s Encyclopedia of Revolutions of 1848 http://www.ohio.edu/Chastain/contents.htm Google Book results for Revolutions in Italy 1848 Revolutions of 1848: A Social History - by Priscilla Smith Robertson - 480 pages Daniele Manin and the Venetian Revolution of ... - by Paul Ginsborg - 444 pages The Revolutions in Europe 1848 1849: From ... - by Robert Evans, Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann - Open Door Web Site Germany (1848-1871) http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/empires/0045.html Olympe de Gouges Biography http://www.answers.com/topic/olympe-de-gouges http://womenshistory.about.com/od/olympedegouges/a/Olympe-De-Gouges-And-The-Rights-Of-Woman.htm To cite a Google Book source: Author. 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