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Mass Hysteria & The Crucible: Home

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State Library of Kansas

Select:  Kansans on the top left - drop down to Online Resources and click (don't select the fly out options)

Under General Research try these, but there are a ton that could be helpful depending on your topic.

  • Citations available on right tool bar. Scroll to MLA or go to the bottom yellow bar and click Export.... choose NoodleTools.

Britannica Public Library

  1. Use the Reference Center
  2. Search your topic

  Issues & Controversies

  1. Browsing all issues by subject might give you an idea
  2. Each topic offers an overview, video, pro & con articles

 Explora Multi-Search

  1. Ditto above directions.

Under Health, Medical and Science - Use these, especially if you are covering climate, medical or drug scares.

Today's Science

 

Science in Contest

Good database to find out about the science behind mass hysteria.

JStor

More in-depth, research-oriented journal articles.

Integrates with NoodleTools

Potential Topic Ideas

 

  • Y2K scare

  • War of the Worlds scare

  • 1929 stock market crash

  • Hale-Bop Comet

  • War on Drugs

  • Terrorism scares

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Multiple terrorism threats that have occurred (choose a specific one)

  • Climate Change / environmental concerns

  • Medical concerns / virus concerns

Video Options

ABC/CLIO

A good basic place to start. Search your topic, or if you know what database is appropriate (e.g. American History or Issues & Controversies) you can select that one and just search it.

Integrates with NoodleTools.

Websites

Citations

The Crucible Resources

Under General

  • Literary Reference Center
  • Go to Most Studied Works on the left
  • Pick C and find The Crucible

Under Librarian & Educator

  1. Bloom's Literature
  2. Search your author or title of work

Resources in your library

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