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Topic:  Erie Canal  (Theme is Turning Points)

Keywords & Search Terms
Erie Canal
      Transportation Revolution
       New York State Canal SystemDeWitt Clinton
       Westward Expansion

Books in Our Library-(Destiny Search-from the desktop)
 

American, Heritage. The Erie Canal. American Heritage, 1964. Print.

Harness, Cheryl. The Amazing Erie Canal. Aladdin Paperbacks, 1995. Print.

Kendall, Martha E. The Erie Canal. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2008. Print.

Lourie, Peter. Erie Canal: Canoeing America's Great Waterway. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills, 1997. Print.

 
www.bccls.org   Bergen County Cooperative Library System allows users to search for books in the public library system.  You need to have a library card.  The Ramsey Public Library (in temporary space) is able to place the order for you.

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Bullard, Lisa. The Erie Canal. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 2010. Print.

Coleman, Wim, and Pat Perrin. The Amazing Erie Canal and How a Big Ditch Opened up the West. Berkeley Heights, NJ: MyReportLinks.com, 2006. Print.

McNeese, Tim. The Erie Canal: Linking the Great Lakes. New York: Chelsea House, 2009. Print.

Database & Articles

Via Smith Website:  RSD Main- Smith School- Student Services-Media Center-Databases  (passwords found on Flyers and Forms page for home use)

Facts on File:  History Online  (Erie Canal) CHICAGO STYLE DO NOT COPY

Geisst, Charles. "Erie Canal." In Geisst, Charles, ed. Encyclopedia of American Business History. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?
ItemID=WE52&iPin=EABH0095&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 13, 2012).

McConnell, Eleanor H. "Erie Canal." In Rohrbough, Malcolm J., and Gary B. Nash, eds. Encyclopedia of American History: Expansion and Reform, 1813 to 1855, Revised Edition (Volume IV). New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2010. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?
ItemID=WE52&iPin=EAHIV089&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 13, 2012).

Reef, Catherine. "Building a Transportation Network: 1794–1900." Working in America, American Experience. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2007. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?
ItemID=WE52&iPin=AEWAEssay05&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 13, 2012).

  Ebsco Host-Student Research Center- search term   (Erie Canal) Uncheck all but magazines/newspapers/books & encyclopedias

Format is NOT in MLA.

Booth, Arlene.  Ethnic Diversity in New York State. Monkeyshines on America, Jun2002 New York Issue, Part 1, p16.

Hampton, Maria. Rivers and Waterways of New York. Monkeyshines on America, Jul2002 New York Issue, Part 2, p. 14, 1p,

Change databases being searched within History Research Center

 

Primary Sources, newspapers and magazines should be checked.

"Little Short of Madness" By: Burrows, Edwin G., American Heritage, 00028738, Winter2010, Vol. 59, Issue 4

Pierson, Parke; America's Civil War, Barging into the Old Northwest.  Jan2010, Vol. 22 Issue 6, p. 21, 1p


Via RHS Website:  RSD Main-Ramsey High School-Student Services-Media Center-Databases
Abc-Clio--http://www.socialstudies.abc-clio.com/MultiHome/Default.aspx  (password info for home- ramsey-ramsey)

 

"DeWitt Clinton." American Government. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 13 Sept. 2012.

Sreenivasanm Jyotsna. "public works projects." American Government. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 13 Sept. 2012.

"Wabash & Erie Canal." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 13 Sept. 2012.

  Websites

www.Sweetsearch.com  is a search engine for students that yields results that have been evaluated by researchers.

http://www.nps.gov is the website of the National Park Service

 

For help in creating citations go to  http://citationmachine.net/  It is not perfect; however, it will help you get used to giving credit to authors of work.