Profiles in Courage Award

 

Use the resources and search tips listed below in your search for information on "an elected official in the United States since 1956 who has courageously addressed a political issue at the local, state, national, or international level."

 Print Resources:

Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy

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How to Write Themes and Essays by John McCall

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 Background:

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Profile in Courage Award   http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education%20and%20Public%20Programs/Profile%20in%20Courage%20Award/
Essay Contest Guidelines

 

 http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/Profile+in+Courage+Award/Essay+Contest+

for+High+School+Students/Contest+Information/Eligibility+and+Requirements.htm

Winning Essays from past years
 

  

http://www.jfkcontest.org/
Award Recipients from past years   http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/Profile+in+Courage+Award/Award+Recipients/

 Online Resources:

Issues
Student Resource Center This database contains thousands of online  primary documents, topical essays, background information, etc.
ProQuest Newspapers & The Hartford Courant

 Proquest Newspaper Search

Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF): The Issues

 http://cfif.org/v/index.php/the-issues
Office of Legislative Research (OLR): Major Issues of the Connecticut General Assembly http://www.cga.ct.gov/olr/09MajorIssues/2008-R-0646.pdf
Google Directory: Issues http://www.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/
Speak Out Issues http://speakout.com/activism/issues/
Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues http://www.procon.org/
Global Issues: Social, Political, Economic, & Environmental http://www.globalissues.org/issue
The White House: Legislative Issues http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues

 

Elected Officials

Biography Resource Center  Use this database to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, gender, or keyword(s).

Directory of Connecticut’s Federal and State Elected Officials 2009 - 2010

 http://www.lwvct.org/voters/Directory%20of%20Elected%20Officials/DEO%202009.pdf
Connecticut Local Politics Blog http://ctlocalpolitics.net/
CNN Politics http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/
CBS News- Political Hotsheet http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/politics/politicalhotsheet
ABC News- Politics http://abcnews.go.com/politics
NBC's Meet the Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032608/ns/meet_the_press

 

If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.yahoo.com,  www.google.com or http://scholar.google.com/.
     
  2. Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation.
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). If your keyword has two parts, be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on your topic as opposed to all of the sites containing the each word. For example, "greenhouse gases" will search the whole term.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For example, "greenhouse gases", examples

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to critically evaluate Internet sources.  UC Berkley Library's Evaluating Webpages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask is an excellent source to help you critique the quality of websites in the following areas:

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
 

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