HISTORY: MODERN WORLD - COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE (Cooke, Lingley, Murphy)

LS Library Databases

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World History in Context (GALE)

Britannica ImageQuest (for images)

Websites

Research tip:

To search for specific words within each article, press CONTROL + F or COMMAND + F.

Articles & Video about the Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas (Journal of Economic Perspectives)
The Great Exchange: The Global Exchange of Cultures, Plants, Animals and Disease (Mariners Museum)
The Columbian Exchange (Gilder Lehrman)
The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and Disease between the Old and New Worlds (National Humanities Center)
The Columbian Exchange (Khan Academy)

Articles about Individual Products

A Brief History of Chocolate (Smithsonian Magazine)
Amazing Journey of Maize (Chicago Field Museum)
Eradicating Smallpox (Smithsonian Institution)
How the Humble Potato Changed the World (BBC Travel)
The Tree that Changed the World Map - Quinine (BBC)
Tobacco: The Early History... (National Park Service)
The Dandelion (National Library of Medicine)
Considering the Sweet Potato (JSTOR Daily)

Videos about Individual Products

The History of Chocolate (TED Talk)
The History of the World According to Corn (TED-ed)
Columbian Exchange (Diseases) (NBC News Learn)
Herbs and Empires: A Brief History of Malaria Drugs (including Quinine) (NPR)
History through the Eyes of the Potato (TED-ed)
Where Did Sugar Come From? Addicted to Pleasure (BBC)
The Origins of Tobacco - Addicted to Pleasure (BBC)
The Flavorful Story of Vanilla (CBS Sunday Morning)

Feral Hogs in North America: An Overview (Noble Research Institute)

Citation

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[NOTE: Library databases provide bibliographic citations; just export or copy/paste them.]

Citation Examples / Guidance

MLA Citations Have TWO Parts (NOVA Online ENG 111 Handbook)

MLA - In-Text Citations and Works Cited (Phoenix College)

MLA Sample Works Cited Page

MLA Style Paper with In-Text Parenthetical Citations and Works Cited Page with Bibliographic Citations

Research Timesavers

Search Tips:

Use CTRL+F (COMMAND+F on Apple Computers) to find your topic in an article.
If your product has an alternative name, try including the word "or" in the search box (to broaden your search). For example,
- - - corn or maize
    - chocolate or cacao

Citation Tips:

After selecting an article or website, immediately add its citation to your WORKS CITED document.
In databases, the citation is always at the end of the article. (You can copy and paste it or export it to NoodleTools.)

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