Assignment Resources

Student Resources for Assignments

What students can find on this page:

Research encyclopedias and collections
Writing and citation helps
Special content Daniel Schwabauer asks students to watch or listen to in the video lessons

Online Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica:
https://www.britannica.com/

Wikipedia:
https://www.wikipedia.org/

Infogalactic:
https://infogalactic.com/info/Main_Page

The Smithsonian:
http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia

Library of Congress

Main library:
https://www.loc.gov/

Historic Newspapers:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Virtual Reference Shelf:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

More Libraries & Collections

American Presidency Project:
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/

Open Library (Books):
https://openlibrary.org/

Historical Text Archive:
http://historicaltextarchive.com/

CIA World Factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Citations Guide

Charles Lipson’s book, Cite Right, published by The University of Chicago Press, is an excellent, clear guide for writing citations.

Usage & Grammar Help

The Purdue Online Writing Lab—commonly called “Purdue OWL”—is a trusted help for questions about word usage and grammar.

Purdue Online Writing Lab:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Click on the links to find the articles:

The second and third articles are from the Project LZ 129 blog; students may find the whole blog useful.

Please note these are not the same articles we used when Byline was released. The original articles were placed behind a paywall.

Performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The 4th movement begins at 52:12.

Here are two ways to watch the film: