Step 1: Choose a Designer
Strategy A - Choose a Designer
| Set Designers | |
| Graphic Designers | |
| Product Designers | |
| Web Designers | |
| Experiential Designers | |
| Fashion Designers |
Strategy B - Choose a Product, Website, Brand, Building or Production and Find Out Who Designed It
| Architecture | |
| Products | |
| Websites | |
| Theater and Set Design | |
| And Many More.... |
Search for "Most Famous Sculptures", "Most Famous Paintings" "Most Famous fashion brands" |
Step 2: Research - Finding Information
In addition to the sources above, here are three more places to search for information:
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Gale in Context: High School |
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Wikipedia - the article AND the External Links at the bottom of every Wikipedia Page |
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Biography.com |
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History.com |
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Google (have you ever heard of it? It's pretty awesome) |
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Library Catalog - Search for a book on your designer, product, or company |
Searching Effectively:
- Keep search terms short and concise
- Name of Designer - "Gianni Versace"
- Name of product, building, work of art - "iPhone" "Eiffel Tower" "Guernica"
- Name of Product + the word design - iPhone and design
- Use a variety of sources - books, websites, articles
- Put quotation marks around phrases - "influential websites"
- Use the word and to connect search words - design and iPhone
Step 3: Read and Record Information
- Read the web page or section of the book you are using.
- Record the title, source type, link, summary, and a quote for each source in the Article Tag research organizer.
- The assignment description outlines all the information that you need to include in your paper.
- You will need to find sources that help you fill in the information necessary for completing the assignment
Step 4: Create a Bibliography to Cite Your Sources
This video shows you how to create citations and a bibliography in a Word Document.
There are two parts to a bibliography:
- In-text citation
- Works Cited page
You will create a bibliography directly in your paper using Microsoft Word..
1.) Place your cursor at the end of the sentence where an in-text citation should go.
2.) Go to the References tab in Word.
3.) Change the Citation Style to MLA
4.) Click Insert Citation - Enter the Title, Author, Date, etc. for your source.
5.) Repeat until all three sources have been entered in the correct spot in your paper.
6.) Insert your 'Works Cited' at the end of your paper - Open the 'References' tab, click on Bibliography.
- Select 'Works Cited'