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Step 1: Pick a President
**Instructions:** //Using reference sources and videos, conduct preliminary research on individuals and events that spark your interest.//

This is a great time to use Wikipedia, World Book Encyclopedia, or NBC Learn. As you gain context and understanding, narrow your focus to the one individual or event that you find most interesting.


 * Possible Presidents: **
 * George Washington [[image:Founding Fathers.png width="186" height="89" align="right"]]
 * John Adams
 * Thomas Jefferson
 * James Madison
 * James Monroe

Step 2: Ask Questions
**Instructions:** //Develop a couple questions that you chose that you're interested in investigating. Your questions should NOT be too narrow or too broad.//


 * Example Research Questions **
 * When and where was the President born? Died?
 * What were this President's major successes? Greatest accomplishments? Claim to fame?

Step 3: Gather Evidence and Evaluate Sources
**Instructions:** //Locate authoritative sources of information that answer your research questions. Use the Library's catalog, the history databases, and the recommended websites to locate, articles, videos, studies, and other sources of evidence.//


 * Recommended Databases **
 * Gale: Biography in Context
 * ABC-CLIO: American Government
 * NBC-Learn
 * Primary Sources **
 * Archive of Americana:Archive of Americana is a family of historical collections containing books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America over three centuries. Visit Your Library 24/7 for the BPL Card #
 * Recommended Websites **
 * Miller Center: American President
 * The White House: The Presidents

Step 4: Take Notes & Cite Sources

 * Creating a New Account on NoodleTools
 * Creating and Sharing a Project in NoodleTools
 * Retrieving your NoodleTools Password
 * Re-validating Your Noodle Tools Account
 * **Username** - technology
 * **Password** - contact your library teacher: library
 * Citing an Online Database article in Noodle Tools
 * Citing a Website in Noodle Tools