You will need to use at least two sources (books) for this assignment. Books are on the yellow cart in the library.
One source is the Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. It's a four volume set, arranged in alphabetical order (by last name of person). We recommend all students use this encyclopedia for their assignment.
Another recommended book is a multivolume encyclopedia set called the Encyclopedia of World Biography. The volumes are arranged in alphabetical order by last name, and the volumes can be found on the cart.
If you are researching a woman, we recommend the Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. The volumes that have the women in the list have been placed on the cart.
Additionally, articles for some people can be found in the New Catholic Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Philosophy (volumes of each are on the pink cart).
Below is a list of other books on the Enlightenment from our collection. Some of these books will be on the pink cart; some will be on the shelf (speak with a librarian if you need help finding it). Remember to look at the table of contents and index to find information about your assigned person in the book.
On the yellow cart:
Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Donald M. Borchert. Call number: REF 103 ENC
The Enlightenment, by John M. Dunn. Call number: 940.2 DUN
The Enlightenment, by Roy Porter. Call number: 940.2 POR
The Enlightenment: A Sourcebook and Reader, edited by Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez and Francesca Greensides. Call number: 940.2 ENL
The Enlightenment: A Very Short Introduction, by John Robertson. Call number: 940.2 ROB
Historic World Leaders, edited by Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer. Call number: REF 920.02 HIS
New Catholic Encyclopedia (multiple volumes). No call number
On the shelf:
An Age of Science and Revolutions: 1600-1800, by Toby E. Huff. Call number: 909.6 HUF
Being Human: Core Readings in the Humanities. Call number: 128 BEI
Capital Punishment: A Reference Handbook, by Michael Kronenwetter. Call number: 364.6 KRO (contains info on Beccaria)
Democracy Reader: Classic and Modern Speeches, Essays, Poems, Declarations, and Documents on Freedom and Human Rights Worldwide, edited by Diane Ravitch and Abigail Thernstrom. Call number: REF 323.44 DEM
The 100 Most Influential Women of All Time: A Ranking Past and Present, by Deborah G. Felder. Call number: REF 920.72 FEL
Science and Religion, 1450-1900: From Copernicus to Darwin, by Richard G. Olson. Call number: 261.5 OLS
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, by Stephen Greenblatt. Call number: 940.2 GRE
Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide, by Guida M. Jackson. Call number: REF 920.72 JAC
You always need to cite what sources you used in your research, to give credit for any idea that is not yours.
What do I need to hand in for my citations?
For this assignment, you will cite the sources you use by doing the following steps.
1) First, take a photo of:
2) Import the photographs into Notability, and enlarge the photo so each photo is the full size of one page. Your Notability document will have 4 pages, 1 photo on each page, with the photo being the full size of the page.
3) Circle and label the parts of the book you would need to include in a citation on each page. (For example, on the title page, you would circle the title of the book, and label it as the title).
4) You will do the steps above for each source (book) you use for this assignment.
5) After you've identified all of the parts of each source, you will create a citation for each source, following proper MLA format, and put together a Works Cited list with all the sources you used.
6) If you have questions about how to format a Works Cited list, you can look at some sample citations from the What Information Do You Include in a Citation document at the bottom of this page (I also handed it out to you in class). You can also refer to the Rules for Written Assignments for an example of a Works Cited page (see page 37-41)
7) You will then print out 1) the labeled pages for each book, stapled together, and 2) your Works Cited list, and hand both of those in to your Modern World History teacher.
8) Remember to put your name at the top of the first page of the printouts, and staple all four pages together. You will do this for each source, so if you used two books, you would hand in two stapled packets.
You can see an example of a labeled article from an encyclopedia at the bottom of this block, so you know what you should be handing in.
What information do you include in a citation?
When citing information from books, you usually provide the following information, IN THIS ORDER:
If you found an article in an online database, you also need to include information about the database. See page 25 of the Rules for Written Assignments for an example of how to cite an encyclopedia article in a library database.
Below are two handouts to help with citing. One gives the typical information you need to include in a citation, with some color-coded examples (I handed this to you when you came to the library).
The second is an example of the printouts of what you should be handing in. In this example, anything written in black ink should be what you write on your handouts. Anything written in red ink is an explanation for you as the student; you do not write that on your paper):