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MATHEMATICIAN'S PATHFINDER

Mathematicians have existed from early times and some have achieved great fame. Each individual has been influenced by the time period in which they have lived. Things like housing conditions, food supplies, transportation, health, clothing styles, and government, just to mention a few factors, influence how people view the world and motivate them to seek answers to certain questions and problems.

You must select a famous mathematican and discover how their world influenced their accomplishments and look at how their accomplishments continue to influence our world.

BOOKS

Use the LR's Destiny library catalog to discover any books about your mathematician. There are some reference books that you may use to locate information about your mathematicians:

  • Use general encyclopedias for background information.REF 031
  • Math and Mathematicians REF 920 BRU
  • Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science & Technology REF 920 A

Use the categories list to loacate Mathematicians or Mathematicians and Their Times

DATABASES

Use the appropriate resources listed in the table of database subscriptions.

APA FORMATING AND STYLE

The OWL at Purdue, APA Style
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

University of Wisconsin, Psychology with Style, 5th ed.
http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/apa4b.htm

The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html

Create Your Bibliography & Take Notes

NoodleTools
http://www.noodletools.com/

EasyBib
http://www.easybib.com/

Research Rubric

Use the LR Research Rubric to insure that you meet the standards.

 

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