History project question.

Magaa

Im thinking of doing the bataan death march for my leaving cert history project. My teacher told me i needed 2 sources, one from internet and one from a book. My question is could i print off an e-book and use it as an book source outside of the internet?

I will be using online accounts off the internet and if i dont find any books on the evet could i download a book off the internet? Would it be counted as a second source?

Jolly Red Giant

Magaa wrote: »

Im thinking of doing the bataan death march for my leaving cert history project. My teacher told me i needed 2 sources, one from internet and one from a book. My question is could i print off an e-book and use it as an book source outside of the internet?

I will be using online accounts off the internet and if i dont find any books on the evet could i download a book off the internet? Would it be counted as a second source?

An e-book or book from google books is the same as a book you pick up in a library.

with google books - go to google books - search for your topic - on the lefthand panel there is a link that says 'preview or fullview' - click on this and it will allow you to read the book (or parts of it) online.

JonnyMcNamee

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you need three sources? One from the internet and two others?

Jolly Red Giant

JonnyMcNamee wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you need three sources? One from the internet and two others?

Minimum of three for HL - minimum of two for OL.

JonnyMcNamee

Jolly Red Giant wrote: »

Minimum of three for HL - minimum of two for OL.

Yeah, thought that, got a bit confused there for a second Will you get penalised marks for using the minimum of three sources?

bscm

JonnyMcNamee wrote: »

Yeah, thought that, got a bit confused there for a second Will you get penalised marks for using the minimum of three sources?

Not that I know of, it's just to show that you've thoroughly researched your topic and compared of different viewpoints/opinions.

Best bet is to check with your teacher.

Also with the e-book situation, be sure to take down the correct referencing details (publisher, place of publication etc)... most of the examples/notes I came across last year recommended the Harvard referencing scheme which requires quite a bit of detail (some of my class only stuck down the author and title, needless to say they had a mad scramble a week before the due date to relocate the sources they had availed of)

Jolly Red Giant

JonnyMcNamee wrote: »

Yeah, thought that, got a bit confused there for a second Will you get penalised marks for using the minimum of three sources?

Just for clarification - you have to evaluate three sources in your 'evaluation of sources' - you can use as many as you want - but you evaluate three and you use at least these three. You are not penalised marks for using three as that is the minimum requirement.

JonnyMcNamee

Jolly Red Giant wrote: »

Just for clarification - you have to evaluate three sources in your 'evaluation of sources' - you can use as many as you want - but you evaluate three and you use at least these three. You are not penalised marks for using three as that is the minimum requirement.

Thanks for clearing that up, got a bit worried that I might need to revamp it a bit as everything is done