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Non-Fiction: Interstellar - Voyager Mission

Database Research Tip

HOW TO LIMIT A SEARCH TO CURRENT INFORMATION:

Click the ADVANCED search option.

Once this screen appears, look for limiters:  Date Range or Publication Dates.  These will look different in different databases - you need to peruse the advanced search screen.

Facts on File

Ebsco

ProQuest

Gale

Pay attention to your search results.  Note the date of the publication.  Mr. Aherns has specific requirements for the date of your sources.

 

Science Databases

Non-fiction Presentation Possibilities

 

For the Non-Fiction presentation, take one of the following topics, and “run with it.”  Come up with some interesting information and communicate it through handout, slideshow, audio experience, Youtube clip, or whatever best communicates your information and ideas.  Methods and content will vary according to the topic.  Presentations can be done individually or in groups of up to three people.  Topics can be claimed on a “first come, first serve” basis.   

The most important thing is that you come up with a focus - a main point - for your presentation, and organize the supporting details around that main point.

What Makes a Successful Presentation?

1) Limit the subject of your presentation.  The subjects are already limited to some degree, but need to be limited further so that the presentation achieves a measure of depth.  Pick ONE aspect of the topic and dig into it via the St. Xavier Library databases.  (see database suggestions in left column)
 
2) Come up with a focus—a main point—for your presentation, and state that focus in your THESIS at the BEGINNING of the presentation.
 
3) Organize the supporting details around the thesis.  
 
4) Each presentation group or individual must submit a works cited page using Noodle Tools.

Topics

• The most current information (2016-18) on the moons of Jupiter
• The most current information (2016-18) on the rings and moons of Saturn
• The most current information (2016-18) on the rings and moons of Neptune
• The Cassini–Huygens mission, commonly called Cassini
• The Hale Telescope
• The Hubble Telescope
• Space X missions
• Carl Sagan, especially related to Cosmos
• Mars Rover expedition
• Future NASA Mars mission

The Interstellar Age

Ebook and Audio Files are available in Overdrive.  Your credentials are the same for Overdrive as they are for off-campus access to databases.

DVD Resource


PBS support site
Be sure to click the tabs at the top of the website for additional information such as
The Mission  | The Science

The DVD is available to check out
from the library.

Additional Resources

General Databases with Current Science Information