Softball

1. Task Definition : fill in the <[[file:Research_Guide.pdf]]>
**Sample Essential Question (establish a focus for your research)**
 * Topic: Softball **
 * What if women never had the chance to play sports, how would the lives of many of them be different today? **

**List Supporting Questions (provide background and guide your research):**
 * ** 1. How has the role of women in sports changed because of the creation of softball? ** ||
 * ** 2. In what ways has softball changed the way people see women in sports? ** ||
 * ** 3. When was the game of softball created? ** ||
 * ** 4. Where was the game of softball created? ** ||
 * ** 5. Who thought to create the game of softball? ** ||
 * <[[file:Think_before_you_begin.pdf]]> worksheet **

==** 2. Information seeking strategies: Use these Keywords to search online databases for books, articles and websites. Use Boolean Operators ( AND, OR, NOT ) to combine these terms and refine your search: **==
 * ** "women in sports" ** || ** "fast pitch" ** || ** "slow pitch" ** || ** softball ** ||

**Look for Books under these Dewey Numbers:**

 * ** 796.357 **
 * Softball ** ||  || ** 796 **
 * Outdoor games ** ||

**Reference Books** in the Library Collection that will support your topic:
Click on the Thomas Dale OPAC(Online Catalog) to locate additional books in our collection
 * < ** Call Number **
 * REF 796 HAM ** ||< ** Title **
 * Sports ** ||
 * ** REF 796.357 GOL ** || ** Winning Softball for Girls ** ||
 * ** REF 796.357 LIN ** || ** Girls' Softball: A Complete Guide for Players and Coaches ** ||
 * ** REF 796 BLU ** || ** Let Me Play: the story of Title IX: the law that changed the future of girls in America ** ||

Library home page with links to the databases
|| Link to database search for ** Grolier ** ||
 * Sample Subscription Database searches: **
 * Link to database search for ** Britannica **
 * Now do your own search || Now do your own search ||

Three excellent web sites:
Now try your own search Advanced Google search screen
 * ** USA Softball ** || ** NCAA ** || ** Trendsbuzz ** ||
 * @http://www.usasoftball.com/folders.asp?uid=28 || www.ncaa.com/sports/softball/d1 || @http://www.trendsbuzz.com/q/Fastpitch ||

Step 4: Use of Information; take notes; record bibliographic information for each source.
See citation & notecard guides under Roadmap to Research on the main library page. Use the <>, Citation Machine or Easy Bib for your works Cited list.

Step 6. Evaluate your work that you have successfully completed all steps.
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