Malvern Library

MALVERN CI LIBRARY
PATHFINDER
FIF1D5 – Français
La Tâche Culminante
Mme Furgiuele/Mme El Arabi
Mai 2016
There are many resources where you can get information for your culminating research assignment.
Open the Malvern CI Library web page (launch Internet Explorer).
This pathfinder is also posted in the Red School House under Français.
A. Search Encyclopedias
- start your research with encyclopedias which will provide reliable, basic information
1. l’Encyclopédie Canadienne
- the Canadian Encyclopdia is available in
English and French
3. Universalis Junior French Online
- you can have the articles read aloud!
2. Encyclopedia Universalis
- the entire French encyclopedia is available
online
B.
Search Library Catalogue
NEW!!!
You can now search the Malvern CI Library from home and on
your mobile device!
Search your topic:
deuxieme guerre mondiale, Gestapo, resistance, etc
Write down the Call Nos. and search the shelves.
Some of the books have been pulled out for you.
C.
Search eBooks
 Gale Virtual Reference Library (English-language books)
- search discrimination, genocide, etc
- citation is provided
D.
Search the Internet
• Sweet Search
- “a search engine for students. It searches only the
35,000 web sites that our staff of research experts
and librarians and teachers have evaluated and
approved”
- eg. world war ii resistance, concentration camps, etc.
E.
Cite your sources (ie. your references)
You must document your sources of information to give credit
to people for their ideas and works; otherwise, you are
plagiarizing.
The TDSB Research Guide is available online and provides
formats and examples of MLA (Modern Languages
Association) style of citation. It can be found in:
 Liens Français  R’eussir dans vos recherches @ la
bibliothéque (TDSB)
(Go to page 60 for example of Ouvrages Cité page
and 75 for formats and examples of citations for
different sources)
There are online citation creators which you can use:
 EasyBib (www.easybib.com)
 Citation Machine (http://citationmachine.net/index2.php)