Huck+Finn+-+Mr.+Righi

=** Before you begin your search: **=


 * __Review__** your topic and the assignment to know what you need to find

Password = initials + ID number. For this assignment, choose MLA Starter as your List Style. Passwords for home access are located on p. 41 of the NHS Student Planner. Click here for additional information on using the Noodle Tools program.
 * __Open and log into__** the NoodleTools program to record your citations as you identify each of your articles. Your ID and password have remained the same from last year. Personal ID = 1st initial + last name /


 * __Remember__** the time frame within which The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written (1850's / antebellum period / pre-Civil War)
 * __Look for clues__** within the title of the article before selecting an article to use

1. Is Huckleberry Finn an appropriate text for high school? Huckleberry finn and censorship. Suggestions: NHS catalog; search engines 2. Difference between Intellectual and Moral Education in Huck Finn: Examine education in 1850s. What does "moral education" mean? Suggestions: //Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century,// LITCRIT books 3. Superstitions and folk beliefs at the time of Huck Finn. What is superstition? Suggestions: Search //superstition// in ICONN's //DisCovering Collection// database; LITCRIT books (NHS catalog - example: //Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn// LITCRIT 813.09 MAR) 4. Twain's use of slang and different dialects. What is slang? What is a dialect? How does Twain use these? Suggestions: Online encyclopedias; LITCRIT books, search engine 5. Role of "family" in Huck Finn. What is a family? How does Twain use this? Suggestions: //Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century;// LITCRIT hint - look at some of the characters who made up Huck's "family" 6. Morality in Huck Finn. What is morality? Online encyclopedia; Search engine; LITCRIT books: check //Novels for Students, V. 1// 7. Child Abuse in Huck Finn. What is child abuse? What was considered child abuse in the 1850s? Suggestions: Online encyclopedia; //Growing up in twentieth-century America : a history and reference guide 305.23 WES;// //Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century;// LITCRIT hint: look at Huck's Pap 8. Hypocrisy in the South. What is hypocrisy? What was life like in the South (plantation life?) in the 1850s? //Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century// 9. Ignorance and Racism - What is racism? Racism in 1850. //Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century// 10. Friendship in Huck Finn. Look for LITCRIT articles about the character of Huck and Jim. Suggestions: Novels for Students; Discovering Collection; LITCRIT books 11. Realism. What is realism? What did the realism literary movement look like in 1850? Suggestions: Online encyclopedia; NHS catalog - //realism and criticism//; LITCRIT books: //Literary Movements for Students, V. 1// 12. Transcendentalism - see #11 13. Religion - what did religious beliefs look like in the 1850s? What is satire? Suggestions://Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century;// Online encyclopedia 14. Romanticism - see #13 15. Use of the river as symbolism - Suggestions: //Mark Twain A to Z;// LITCRIT books (NHS catalog - Huckleberry Finn and criticism - example: //Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn// LITCRIT 813.09 MAR) 16. Censorship - see #1
 * __Topic HELPS:__**

** Find 3 articles on your topic. You must select your articles from 3 different resource areas. Choose from the 6 resource areas listed below: **
=1. BOOK=

click on the "catalog" tab to perform your search


 * __NOTE:__ when searching in the catalog for connections between Huck Finn and your topic, you MUST use the broad search term //Huckleberry Finn and criticism//**

__Exceptions:__ //mark twain and racism// //huckleberry finn and censorship// //banned books//

To locate a book, use the call number provided in the catalog record. NOTE: books with the call number prefix LITCRIT and REF are located downstairs. All other books are located on the main floor and are arranged in number order. (Do not select titles with FIC, SC or PB - these are works BY Mark Twain, not ABOUT Mark Twain) To locate specific information inside of a book, use the table of contents or index.

=2. Reference Book (Print)=

Suggested reference titles for this assignment:

REF 809 LIT //Literature and It's Times,// V. 2 (also available in eBook form) [LITCRIT] REF 809.3 TEL //Novels for Students, V. 1// (also available as an eBook) [LITCRIT] REF 809.91 //Literary Movements for Students, V. 1// **[LITCRIT]** REF 818 RAS //Mark Twain A to Z// [LITCRIT] REF 820.9 GRE //American Classics, V.7// of the //Great Writers of the English Language// series [LITCRIT] REF 973.5 ENC //Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century// REF 973 AFR //African American Encyclopedia//

=3. eBook= The eBooks link can be accessed on the homepage of the NHS Catalog - click on the "catalog" tab and search for any title listed below. Open the record and scroll down to the live link to search for your specific topic. Access from home will require a password. See p. 41 of the NHS Student Planner for passwords. //Literature and its Times// - information on the time period of the mid 1800s (also available in print) [LITCRIT] //Novels for Students// - themes, characters and historical context (also available in print) [LITCRIT] //Great Lives from History. The Nineteenth Century 1801-1900 -// Mark Twain (also available in print)

Other options for eBooks: click on any of the links under eBooks on the NHS Catalog homepage to look for possible articles. Suggestion: //Great Events from History.The Nineteenth Century. 180-1900//. Access from home will require a password. See p. 41 of the NHS Student Planner for passwords

NoodleTools citation tip for eBooks: Select //__Reference Source__// from the drop down menu and click __"Create Citation."__ On the next screen, select //__Online__//. On the next screen, under //__Information about online retrieval of this source__// select: //Yes. I will provide the publication details of the original print publication in my citation.// Fill in the template as instructed.

= 4. Database = ICONN Digital Library - Click on "//High School//" under //Select Individual Resources// and **choose** one of the following databases: //DisCovering Collection -// search //Adventures of Huckleberry Finn// [LITCRIT] //History Resource Center// - historical information //Biography Resource Center// - articles on Mark Twain

//Access to ICONN from home will require a public library card//

Additional database choices can be found on the NHS Catalog homepage. Access from home will require a password. See p. 41 of the NHS Student Planner for passwords

NoodleTools citation tip for databases: Select //__Reference Source__// from the drop down menu and click __"Create Citation."__ On the next screen, select //__Online__//. On the next screen, under //__Information about online retrieval of this source__// select: //Yes. I will provide the publication details of the original print publication in my citation.// Fill in the template as instructed.

=5. Search Engine= Search for quotes attributed to Mark Twain on your topic: Sample Google search: //Mark Twain morality quotes//

For all other topics: Link terms and try different combinations of terms:

"Huckleberry Finn" and censorship OR "Huckleberry Finn" and 'banned books"

Evaluate your selection using the formula : A+B+C = Reliability A = Authority – Who put the site together? B = Bias – Why did they put the site together? C = Currency – When was the site created (esp. for current issues)


 * //Wikipedia?//** Most colleges and universities do not allow students to use this social encyclopedia for academic research, If you must use it, check the article's rating under the //Discussion// tab before proceeding only A or FA (Featured Article) status should be considered.

=6. Online Encyclopedia= Password needed to access from home. Please see p. 41 of the NHS Student Planner.

//**Wikipedia?**// - this social encyclopedia is not considered to be a credible source for academic research. ONLY articles with a rating of FA (featured article), GA (Good Article) or A could be used - ratings for each article can be found by clicking on the Discussion Tab.

NoodleTools citation tip for online encyclopedias: Select //__Reference Source__// from the drop down menu and click __"Create Citation."__ On the next screen, select //__Online__//. On the next screen, under //__Information about online retrieval of this source__// select: No. This is a reference database like //Encyclopaedia Britannica// or //Wikipedia// in which the content is not reproduced from a printed source. Fill in the template as instructed.