Step 2.  Information Seeking Strategies
                1.  What are the possible sources of information I can use?
                    2.  What are the best sources for this assignment?
 
Step 3.  Location and Access
                1.  Where will I find these sources?
                    2.  Do I know how to use them?
 
Step 4.  Use of Information
                1.  How will I record the information?
                    2.  How will I evaluate the information?
 
Step 5.  Synthesis
                    1.  How will the information be used?
                    2.  How will I cite my resources?
                            The handout on Compiling Your Resources is available in the LMC
                                or online through the Writing Center
Step 6.  Evaluation
                     1.  How will I be graded?
                     2.  How did I do?  What might I do differently another time?

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  BOOKS
                            *  Reserve cart of books with Mrs. Blessington's name on it.

                                    Suggested titles:
                                        Great American Trials by Edward W. Knappman, ed.
                                        Great World Trials by Edward W. Knappman, ed.
                                        Laws and Trials that Created History by Aymar and Sagarin
                                        Famous Trials: Cases That Made History by McLynn
                                        Trial by Jury by Steven Brill
                                        Supreme Court A to Z by Elder Witt, ed.
                                        The Controversial Court:
                                            Supreme Court Influences on American Life by Stephen Goode
                                        Landmark Supreme Court Cases by Don Lawson
                                     Specific Cases:
                                        The Salem Witchcraft Trials
                                        Griswold v. Connecticut
                                        The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti
                                        Roe v. Wade
                                        Gideon v. Wainwright
                                        Furman v. Georgia
                                        Miranda v. Arizona
                                        Brown v. Board of Education
 
  ELECTRONIC
                           *  Boston Globe Online: Search the archives back to 1980
                                    Accessible only from the MHS computer network
                           *   Suggested Web Sites
                                    Oyez, Oyez, Oyez
                                    FindLaw
                                    Yahoo - Court Cases
                                    F.L.I.T.E:  Federal Legal Information Through Electronics

                            *  Electric Library  online database