I. Tuesday, October 26, Professor Jopp will meet you at the Willamette library. Your task will be to look up information about the 1920s. You will primarily use encyclopedias.

When you use the library to get information, try not to photocopy extensively. Instead, use the sources and take notes, paraphrase or summarize. Try not to think, "I'll read this later." Think: "I'll understand this now and record the most important information."

Taking notes

Do not use complete sentences when taking notes in the library because time is limited.

Paraphrasing

A paraphrase is an indirect quotation; you borrow the main ideas of a short section of reading and restate the information in your own complete sentences. A paraphrase is the length of the original passage or a little shorter.

• Use synonyms (other words with the same meaning)
• Rearrange the sentence structure
• Break long sentences into shorter ones, and combine short sentences

Summarizing

A summary is short, usually just a few sentences. A summary does not include detail. It gives the reader an overview of the main ideas.

Sources!

When you use ideas or information from any source in any way, you must say where you got the information. When you use an encyclopedia, use this form:

• "Name of the article." Name of the Encyclopedia. Year ed.
• Sample: "Flappers." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1998 ed.

  Note: "ed" means "edition"

Practice 

"Most people find it very hard to pull up roots in their native land and move to a strange country. But throughout history, countless millions of people have done so. The heaviest immigration worldwide took place from the early 1800's to the Great Depression--the economic hard times of the 1930's. In that period, about 60 million people moved to a new land. Most came from Europe. More than half emigrated to the United States. Other destinations included Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa." (source: "Immigration." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 1999 ed.)

1. Take notes on this paragraph:

2. Paraphrase the paragraph.

3. Summarize the paragraph.

II. Read Chapter 6 of your history text, "Background", pages 165 through 168 and complete this chart. Use your own paper if you wish. Work alone or in groups in which you divide the work.

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