History: Sport in American Society - RESEARCH PAPEr (Cobbett, Shen)

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PRImARY SOURCES

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Possible Primary Sources - Online:

(Coverage: 1980-present)

(Coverage: 1985-present)

  • U.S. History in Context (Gale) - After doing a search, look for a link to the Primary Sources Content Type. (If there are no primary sources for your search, the link will not be there)

Possible Primary Sources - on cart:

  • American Decades Primary Sources

  • The Times of the Sixties, Seventies, or Eighties


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CITATION

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  1. Rewrite ideas from the source (change words and sentence structure) OR provide a direct quotation.

  2. Give credit to the source. You must do this even if you put the information in your own words.

Citation Generators:

For this project, use MLA 9 citation style with footnotes.

NOTE: Databases provide completed citations. Just export the citation to NoodleTools or copy/paste into the citation generator.

keywords

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          • Black Sox

          • Pete Rose

          • DraftKings


The above keywords might help you find more information. They could also help narrow your topic to a more specific aspect of gambling in sports.